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+Juan de la Cosa
+===============
+
+HTTP server for managing [MariaDB](http://mariadb.org/) users.
+Designed to work behind [Sproxy](https://github.com/zalora/sproxy)
+and assuming users' logins are their email addresses
+(MariaDB allows up to 80 characters).
+
+Currently it only let users get new passwords.
+
+Requirements
+============
+Juan de la Cosa is written in Haskell with [GHC](http://www.haskell.org/ghc/).
+All required Haskell libraries are listed in [juandelacosa.cabal](juandelacosa.cabal).
+Use [cabal-install](http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Cabal-Install)
+to fetch and build all pre-requisites automatically.
+
+Installation
+============
+    $ git clone https://github.com/zalora/juandelacosa.git
+    $ cd juandelacosa
+    $ cabal install
+
+Usage
+=====
+Type `juandelacosa --help` to see usage summary:
+
+    Usage:
+      juandelacosa [options]
+
+    Options:
+      -f, --file=MYCNF         Read this MySQL client config file
+      -g, --group=GROUP        Read this options group in the above file [default: client]
+
+      -s, --socket=SOCK        Listen on this UNIX-socket [default: /tmp/juandelacosa.sock]
+      -p, --port=PORT          Instead of UNIX-socket, listen on this TCP port (localhost)
+
+      -h, --help               Show this message
+
+Example:
+
+    $ juandelacosa -p 8080
+    $ curl http://localhost:8080 -H 'From: jack.frost@example.com'
+      Tiw7CdJOmYxJBZ7J
+
+The above request will change the password for 'jack.frost@example.com'@'%'
+and return the new password to user. Once it's behind Sproxy
+any user can get a new password in a secure way.
+