I'd argue that the "pre-cloud" era is still going strong. And that is a good thing. My workplace has it's own data center. There are some downsides, but I prefe

I'd argue that the "pre-cloud" era is still going strong. And that is a good thing. My workplace has it's own data center. There are some downsides, but I prefer it. So username+password really is needed. And should be included by default. Also, I'd expect the same of something like MongoDB. That it doesn't have that by default is just baffling.