@joe-morris Yes, for simplicity, the guide does not cover setting up a dedicated user for MongoDB.
Those specific instructions can be found in our more technical installation instructions here: https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/
We've officially hit 50 plugins, so congrats goes out to our crazy team of developers who have been working so hard on extending NodeBB core with some awesome features.
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