Requires Node 6.0 for es6 features on server.

Running CouchDB on a Cloud9 workspace CouchDB is preinstalled in your workspace. To run CouchDB, run the following below.

sudo mkdir -p /var/run/couchdb sudo chown couchdb:couchdb /var/run/couchdb sudo su couchdb -c /usr/bin/couchdb

after that u can start couchdb with:

sudo su couchdb -c /usr/bin/couchdb