Forgot Username / Pwd to CouchDB

Question

Does anyone know how can I reset the username and password for CouchDB ?

Answer 1

For mac users, base folder is /Library/Application Support/couchdb

Answer 2

You can change couchbase localhost password by using following steps: 1. Install crul(for windows) 2. curl -u Administrator:password http://localhost:8091/controller/changePassword -d password=admin123

Answer 3

With Apache CouchDB, admin accounts passwords can be changed by editing a file local.ini in the CouchDB config folder (/etc/couchdb/ on most Linux installs). [1]

Look for the [admin] section, which will list the all admin usernames, along with their hashed passwords:

[admin]
foo = -pbkdf2-0e0e83f911c970565fc988497a657bdc21a005e8,19ecef0bea1caf8d7f08fb791379c686,10

Replace the password hash with a new clear text password:

foo = bar

Now restart CouchDB (sudo restart couchdb on Ubuntu). CouchDB will notice the clear text password on startup and automatically replace it with the hashed version.