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+Tapicero - Creating per user databases on the couch for soledad
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+``tapicero`` is a daemon that creates per user databases when users are added to the LEAP Platform. It watches the changes made to the users database and creates new databases accordingly. This way soledad does not need admin privileges.
+
+"Tapicero" is spanish for upholsterer - the person who creates your couch.
+
+This program is written in Ruby and is distributed under the following license:
+
+> GNU Affero General Public License
+> Version 3.0 or higher
+> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
+
+Installation
+---------------------
+
+Prerequisites:
+
+    sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev couchdb
+    # for development, you will also need git, bundle, and rake.
+
+From source:
+
+    git clone git://leap.se/tapicero
+    cd tapicero
+    bundle
+    rake build
+    sudo rake install
+
+From gem:
+
+    sudo gem install tapicero
+
+Running
+--------------------
+
+Run in foreground to see if it works:
+
+    tapicero run -- test/config/config.yaml
+    create a new record in the users database
+    observe /var/log/syslog or the logfile you specified
+
+Run as a deamon:
+
+    tapicero start
+    tapicero stop
+
+Run once and then exit:
+
+    tapicero --run-once
+    This will create per user databases for all users created since
+    the last run and then exit.
+
+Flags
+---------------------
+
+--run-once:
+  process the existing users and then exit
+
+--rerun:
+  also work on users that have been processed before
+
+--overwrite-security:
+  write the security settings even if the user database already has some
+
+Combining these flags you can migrate the security settings of all existing per user databases.
+
+
+Configuration
+---------------------
+
+``tapicero`` reads the following configurations files, in this order:
+
+* ``$(tapicero_source)/config/default.yaml``
+* ``/etc/leap/tapicero.yaml``
+* Any file passed to ARGV like so ``tapicero start -- /etc/tapicero.yaml