All the database and connection configuration is done by the couchimport. Just check the documentation at npm.

sudo npm i -g couchimport

Set file permissions:

sudo chmod 777 *.sh

sudo docker run -d -p 5984:5984 -v ~/.couchdb/data:/opt/couchdb/data couchdb

Just run the generator command and them the import command:

./generate_file.sh
./import.sh