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layout: docs
page_title: CouchDB - Storage Backends - Configuration
description: |-
  The CouchDB storage backend is used to persist Vault's data in a CouchDB
  database.
---

# CouchDB Storage Backend

The CouchDB storage backend is used to persist Vault's data in
[CouchDB][couchdb] table.

- **No High Availability** – the CouchDB backend does not support high
  availability.

- **Community Supported** – the CouchDB storage backend is supported by the
  community. While it has undergone review by HashiCorp employees, they may not
  be as knowledgeable about the technology. If you encounter problems with them,
  you may be referred to the original author.

```hcl
storage "couchdb" {
  endpoint = "https://my-couchdb-dns.tld:5984/my-database"
  username = "admin"
  password = "admin"
}
```

## `couchdb` Parameters

- `endpoint` `(string: "")` – Specifies your CouchDB endpoint. This can also be
  provided via the environment variable `COUCHDB_ENDPOINT`.

- `username` `(string: "")` – Specifies the user to authenticate as. This can
  also be provided via the environment variable `COUCHDB_USERNAME`.

- `password` `(string: "")` – Specifies the user to authenticate as. This can
  also be provided via the environment variable `COUCHDB_PASSWORD`.

- `max_parallel` `(string: "128")` – Specifies the maximum number of concurrent
  requests to CouchDB.

[couchdb]: http://couchdb.apache.org/
