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+Install COUCHDB
+
+brew install couchdb
+
+create registry database in couch
+curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/registry
+
+npmjs
+git clone https://github.com/imhotep/npmjs.org
+
+cordova registry web
+git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-registry-web.git
+
+cd npmjs
+npm install -g couchapp
+npm install couchapp
+npm install semver
+
+couchapp push registry/app.js http://localhost:5984/registry
+
+cd ../cordova-registry-web
+couchapp push app.js http://localhost:5984/registry
+
+Pretty much all of the work you need to do is in cordova-registry-web
+
+Enter this into your terminal because legacy.
+curl http://localhost:5984/registry/_design/scratch -X COPY -H destination:'_design/app'
+
+## Displaying on localhost
+
+cd /etc/apache2/users
+sudo vim YOURCOMPUTERUSERNAME.conf (mine was stevengill.conf)
+
+Paste the following rewrite rules into it.
+
+<VirtualHost *:80>
+ ServerName localhost
+ RewriteEngine on
+# RewriteRule ^/downloads/(.*)$ http://cordova.iriscouch.com/downloads/$1 [P]
+# RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /registry/_design/ui/_rewrite/$1 [PT]
+ RewriteRule ^/((?!downloads).*)$ /registry/_design/ui/_rewrite/$1 [PT]
+ ProxyPassMatch ^/downloads/(.*)$ http://cordova.iriscouch.com/downloads/$1
+ ProxyPassMatch ^/registry/(.*)$ http://localhost:5984/registry/$1
+ RewriteLog "/var/log/apache2/plugins.cordova.io-rewrite.log"
+ RewriteLogLevel 3
+ LogLevel debug
+ ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/plugins.cordova.io-error_log"
+ CustomLog "/var/log/apache2/plugins.cordova.io-access_log" common
+</VirtualHost>
+
+back to terminal, start apache with:
+sudo apachectl start
+
+go to localhost in your browser and bam! should be working.
+
+
+## Publish Plugins to your local instance
+plugman config set registry http://localhost:5984/registry/_design/app/_rewrite
+
+
+##Potential Errors
+
+If you keep seeing `POST /_session 401` when you try to publish a plugin locally, you need to go delete your user info. In terminal type `rm -rf ~/.plugman`. Then go to the plugin you want to add and go `plugman adduser`. Enter in your username, password and email.
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