CouchDB comes with no authentication out the box, and in this video, I show you how to hook up authentication, so you can actually move your sweet CouchDB based application to production.
CouchDB basic authentication from Bryan Liles on Vimeo.
<p><strong>Update 11/11/2008—there may be an issue with design documents, i’m investigating it now</strong></p>
Thanks so much – your video put an end to a day of struggle for me. I was getting nowhere, but following your instructions resolved it all in a jiffy. Now MY couch is on port 80, too!!