Creating a database

We introduced the big picture of the application in the previous section, but more specifically, this application uses CouchDB for the database. In this hands-on tutorial, we will create an application with Node-RED running on localhost. Therefore, you need to install CouchDB on your own local machine as well.

Let's install it by following these steps:

1. Access the CouchDB website at https://couchdb.apache.org/ and then click the DOWNLOAD button:

   Figure 9.4 – Click the DOWNLOAD button

2. Select a file depending on the system running on local machine:

   Figure 9.5 – Select file

3. Expand the ZIP file you downloaded and run the application file to start CouchDB once the file has finished downloading:

   Figure 9.6 – Start CouchDB

4. Running the CouchDB application file launches a browser and opens the CouchDB management console. If it doesn't open automatically, you can also open it manually from the application menu:

   Figure 9.7 ...