CouchDB

https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/

Admin Interface: /_utils/

Creating a User

Either in the admin interface or directly, create a document in the _users database that looks like:

{
    "_id": "org.couchdb.user:newusername",
    "name": "newusername",
    "type": "user",
    "roles": [],
    "password": "plaintext_password"
}

Granting Access to a DB

• https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/intro/security.html?highlight=security#authorization
• https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/api/database/security.html#api-db-security

{
  "admins": {
    "names": [],
    "roles": []
  },
  "members": {
    "names": [
      "jan"
    ],
    "roles": []
  }
}

Read-Only Access

Untested: https://gist.github.com/ThibaultJanBeyer/389bca37f4b6973b84908895300bb7de