diff --git a/scripts/database/create-auth.sh b/scripts/database/create-auth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..52e6f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/database/create-auth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Database credentials
+DATABASE="aerius_authorization"
+USER="aerius"
+PASSWORD="aerius"
+
+# Create a new user
+echo "Creating user if not exists"
+psql -q -U postgres postgres <<OMG
+DO \$\$
+BEGIN
+   IF NOT EXISTS (
+      SELECT 1
+      FROM pg_catalog.pg_roles
+      WHERE  rolname = '$USER')
+   THEN
+      CREATE ROLE $USER WITH LOGIN PASSWORD '$PASSWORD';
+      ALTER ROLE $USER SUPERUSER;
+      ALTER USER $USER CREATEDB;
+   END IF;
+END
+\$\$;
+OMG
+
+# Check if the database exists
+DB_EXISTS=$(psql -U postgres -tAc "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname='$DATABASE'")
+
+# If it doesn't exist, create it
+if [ "$DB_EXISTS" = "1" ]
+then
+    echo "Database $DATABASE already exists. Skipping creation."
+else
+    echo "Database $DATABASE does not exist. Creating..."
+    psql -U postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE $DATABASE WITH OWNER $USER"
+fi
+
+echo -e "===\nDatabase creation complete."
diff --git a/scripts/database/drop-auth.sh b/scripts/database/drop-auth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..93e440f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/database/drop-auth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Database credentials
+DATABASE="aerius_authorization"
+
+dropdb -U postgres $DATABASE
+
+echo -e "===\nDatabase uncreation complete."
diff --git a/scripts/database/generate-auth-database-code.sh b/scripts/database/generate-auth-database-code.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..805e7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/database/generate-auth-database-code.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# Change current directory to source directory so it can be called from everywhere
+SCRIPT_PATH=$(readlink -f "${0}")
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "${SCRIPT_PATH}")
+
+cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../source"
+
+mvn clean generate-sources -Dgenerate-jooq.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/auth
diff --git a/scripts/misc/add-host-mapping.sh b/scripts/misc/add-host-mapping.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a75ee65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/add-host-mapping.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+HOSTS_FILE="/etc/hosts"
+HOST_LINE="127.0.0.1   aerius-auth-local"
+
+# Check if the line already exists in the file
+if ! grep -q "$HOST_LINE" $HOSTS_FILE; then
+    # If it doesn't exist, append it to the file
+    echo "$HOST_LINE" | sudo tee -a $HOSTS_FILE > /dev/null
+    echo "Added $HOST_LINE to your $HOSTS_FILE"
+else
+    echo "$HOST_LINE already exists in your $HOSTS_FILE"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/misc/create-user.sh b/scripts/misc/create-user.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9c1182f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/create-user.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# First, you need to ensure that you have received all the necessary arguments
+if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then
+    echo "You must enter exactly 3 arguments: username, plaintext password, and role name"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Assigning command line arguments to variables
+DBNAME="aerius_authorization"
+DBUSER="aerius"
+DBPASS="aerius"
+DBHOST="localhost"
+
+USERNAME=$1
+PLAIN_PASSWORD=$2
+ROLE=$3
+
+# Create a temporary file for htpasswd output
+TEMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+
+# Generate bcrypt hash with htpasswd
+# Here, -B means bcrypt, -bn means don't add a newline and username:password is the input
+htpasswd -Bbn "$USERNAME" "$PLAIN_PASSWORD" > "$TEMP_FILE"
+
+# Extract just the hash from the output
+# Cut -d: -f2 removes the username and colon at the start
+BCRYPT_HASH=$(cut -d: -f2 "$TEMP_FILE")
+
+# Clean up the temporary file
+rm "$TEMP_FILE"
+
+export PGPASSWORD=$DBPASS
+
+# SQL Command
+SQL_COMMAND="SELECT auth.ae_create_local_user('$USERNAME', '$BCRYPT_HASH', '$ROLE');"
+
+# Execute SQL Command
+psql -h $DBHOST -U $DBUSER -d $DBNAME -c "$SQL_COMMAND"
+
+# Unset the PGPASSWORD environment variable
+unset PGPASSWORD
diff --git a/scripts/misc/view-roles.sh b/scripts/misc/view-roles.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f551140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/view-roles.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Database details
+DBNAME="aerius_authorization"
+DBUSER="aerius"
+DBPASS="aerius"
+DBHOST="localhost"
+
+export PGPASSWORD=$DBPASS
+
+# SQL Command to list roles from the auth.roles table
+SQL_COMMAND="SELECT * FROM auth.roles;"
+
+# Execute SQL Command
+psql -h $DBHOST -U $DBUSER -d $DBNAME -c "$SQL_COMMAND"
+
+# Unset the PGPASSWORD environment variable
+unset PGPASSWORD
diff --git a/scripts/misc/view-users.sh b/scripts/misc/view-users.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b4cf287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/misc/view-users.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Database details
+DBNAME="aerius_authorization"
+DBUSER="aerius"
+DBPASS="aerius"
+DBHOST="localhost"
+
+export PGPASSWORD=$DBPASS
+
+# SQL Command to list roles from the auth.roles table
+SQL_COMMAND="SELECT * FROM auth.users;"
+
+# Execute SQL Command
+psql -h $DBHOST -U $DBUSER -d $DBNAME -c "$SQL_COMMAND"
+
+# Unset the PGPASSWORD environment variable
+unset PGPASSWORD
diff --git a/source/.gitignore b/source/.gitignore
index 82d968e..3d5378a 100644
--- a/source/.gitignore
+++ b/source/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ target/
 build/
 !**/src/main/**/build/
 !**/src/test/**/build/
+
+/config