In http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/security.html#authentication: > CouchDB as of version 1.1.0 comes with [SSL built in](http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/How_to_enable_SSL). At http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/How_to_enable_SSL: > This page does not exist yet. You can create a new empty page, or use one of the page templates.