# HG changeset patch
# User Vesa Norilo <vesa@fastmail.com>
# Date 1567673336 -10800
#      Thu Sep 05 11:48:56 2019 +0300
# Node ID 3ad24ff4bc1331a5168b341e36680b04834e04fb
# Parent  0b5768d4879ecea20b4be5ab220e18a9f24c2c36
add check that database is at least a valid http endpoint

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@
 else()
 	message(STATUS "CouchBot in builder mode")
 
+	# check database
+	file(DOWNLOAD ${COUCHBOT_DATABASE} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/db.log
+		 STATUS DB_HTTP_ERROR
+		 TIMEOUT 20)
+
+	list(GET DB_HTTP_ERROR 0 DB_ERROR_CODE)
+
+	if(NOT ${DB_ERROR_CODE} EQUAL 0)
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "${COUCHBOT_DATABASE}: ${DB_HTTP_ERROR}")
+	endif()
+
 	set(COUCHBOT_CONFIG_FILE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/couchbot.json)
 
 	# cheesy JSON conversion