1. Description
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with couchdb
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Reference - Available parameters
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
6. Dependencies - Other requiered puppet modules

The couchdb module installs and configures a CouchDB single-node-instance.

To install couchdb with the default paramters, declare the couchdb class.

include couchdb

Let CouchDB listen on any available IP addresses:

class {'couchdb':
  bind_address => '0.0.0.0',
}

Disable 'admin party' and set a password for the admin account:

class {'couchdb':
  admin_password => 'MySecretPassword',
}

For more configuration examples, se the reference section below

Parameter: $file_compression

Method used to compress everything that is appended to the database and view index files, except for attachments.
Data type: Enum/Pattern Available options:

• none
• snappy
• deflate_1 - deflate_9

Parameter: $max_dbs_open

This option places an upper bound on the number of databases that can be open at once.
Data type: Ìnteger

Parameter: $max_document_size

Limit maximum document body size.
Data type: Integer

Parameter: $couch_peruser_enable

If set to 'true', couch_peruser ensures that a private per-user database exists for each document in _users.
Data type: Boolean
Available options:

• true
• false

Parameter: $couch_peruser_delete

If set to 'true' and a user is deleted, the respective database gets deleted as well.
Data type: Boolean
Available options:

• true
• false

Parameter: $default_security

Default security object for databases.
Data type: Enum
Available options:

• everyone - (Anyone can perform reads and writes)
• admin_only - (Only admins can read and write)
• admin_local - (Sharded databases can be read and written by anyone but the shards can only be read and written by admins)

Parameter: $require_valid_user

When set to 'true', no requests are allowed from anonymous users. Everyone must be authenticated.
Data type: Boolean
Available options:

• true
• false

Parameter: $bind_address

Defines the IP address by which the clustered port is available.
Data type: String

Parameter: $port

Defines the port number to listen.
Data type: Integer

Parameter: $admin_password

Enables the admin account and sets the admin password. This crashes the 'admin party' (everyone is a admin).
Data type: String

Parameter: $allow_persistent_cookies

Makes cookies persistent if set to 'true'.
Data type: Boolean
Available options:

• true
• false

This module runs on Ubuntu 18.04.

• Puppet >= 4.8.0 < 7.0.0
• puppetlabs/inifile >= 2.3.0 < 2.4.0
• puppetlabs/stdlib = 5.1.0
• puppetlabs/apt = 6.1.1