10. Configuration Reference

10.1. Configuration Groups

Section	Description
attachments	Attachment options
couchdb	CouchDB specific options
couch_httpd_auth	HTTPD Authentication options
daemons	Daemons and background processes
httpd	HTTPD Server options
httpd_db_handlers	Database Operation handlers
httpd_design_handlers	Handlers for design document operations
httpd_global_handlers	Handlers for global operations
log	Logging options
query_servers	Query Server options
query_server_config	Query server options
replicator	Replicator Options
ssl	SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Options
stats	Statistics options
uuids	UUID generation options
cors	Cross Origin Resource Sharing settings

10.2. attachments Configuration Options

Option	Description
compressible_types	compressible_types
compression_level	compression_level

10.3. couchdb Configuration Options

Option	Description
database_dir	database_dir
delayed_commits	delayed_commits
max_attachment_chunk_size	max_attachment_chunk_size
max_dbs_open	max_dbs_open
max_document_size	max_document_size
os_process_timeout	os_process_timeout
uri_file	uri_file
util_driver_dir	util_driver_dir
view_index_dir	view_index_dir

10.4. daemons Configuration Options

Option	Description
auth_cache	auth_cache
db_update_notifier	db_update_notifier
external_manager	external_manager
httpd	httpd
httpsd	Enabled HTTPS service
query_servers	query_servers
stats_aggregator	stats_aggregator
stats_collector	stats_collector
uuids	uuids
view_manager	view_manager

10.5. httpd_db_handlers Configuration Options

Option	Description
_changes	_changes
_compact	_compact
_design	_design
_temp_view	_temp_view
_view_cleanup	_view_cleanup

10.6. couch_httpd_auth Configuration Options

Option	Description
auth_cache_size	auth_cache_size
authentication_db	authentication_db
authentication_redirect	authentication_redirect
require_valid_user	require_valid_user
timeout	timeout
iterations	Password key derivation iterations

10.7. httpd Configuration Options

Option	Description
allow_jsonp	allow_jsonp
authentication_handlers	authentication_handlers
bind_address	bind_address
default_handler	default_handler
max_connections	max_connections
nodelay	Enable TCP_NODELAY
port	port
secure_rewrites	secure_rewrites
vhost_global_handlers	vhost_global_handlers
enable_cors	enables CORS functionality when true

10.8. httpd_design_handlers Configuration Options

Option	Description
_info	_info
_list	_list
_rewrite	_rewrite
_show	_show
_update	_update
_view	_view

10.9. httpd_global_handlers Configuration Options

Option	Description
/	/
_active_tasks	_active_tasks
_all_dbs	_all_dbs
_config	_config
_log	_log
_oauth	_oauth
_replicate	_replicate
_restart	_restart
_session	_session
_stats	_stats
_utils	_utils
_uuids	_uuids
favicon.ico	favicon.ico

10.10. log Configuration Options

Option	Description
file	file
include_sasl	include_sasl
level	level

10.11. query_servers Configuration Options

Option	Description
javascript	javascript

10.12. query_server_config Configuration Options

Option	Description
reduce_limit	reduce_limit

10.13. replicator Configuration Options

Option	Description
max_http_pipeline_size	max_http_pipeline_size
max_http_sessions	max_http_sessions

10.14. stats Configuration Options

Option	Description
rate	rate
samples	samples

10.15. uuids Configuration Options

Option	Description
algorithm	algorithm

10.16. cors Configuration Options

Option	Description
origins	List of origins, separated by a comma (protocol, host, optional port)
methods	accepted HTTP methods
credentials	true sends additional header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials=true

Note that credentials=true and origins=* are mutually exclusive.

10.17. cors vhost Configuration

The same configuration options for cors overall may be applied to an individual vhost, within a specific section header, for example.com the appropriate section would be: [cors:http://example.com]