I am getting started with IBM Cloudant, so account recently created. I would like to replicate a remote couchdb database to Cloudant. What account should I use in Cloudant for the replication? Where or how do I create this account?

@Oscar Bautista

You don't need to create a special "local" CouchDB account inside Cloudant for replication.

In IBM Cloudant, authentication is handled through service credentials, not traditional CouchDB admin users.

Here's what you should do:

First, go to your Cloudant instance in IBM Cloud → Service Credentials → create a New Credential.

This will generate a username, password, and url. That's the account you'll use for replication.

Then create a replication document like this:

{
  "source": "http://remote_user:remote_pass@remote-host:5984/dbname",
  "target": "https://cloudant_user:cloudant_pass@your-account.cloudantnosqldb.appdomain.cloud/dbname",
  "create_target": true
}

Post it to:

POST https://your-account.cloudantnosqldb.appdomain.cloud/_replicator

That's it.

Best practice: create dedicated service credentials with access only to the required database (avoid using admin-level credentials). Cloudant uses IAM under the hood, so no separate database-level user creation is needed.

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