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# Setting Up MongoDB
To be able to store data such as logs, you will need to use your own database. A database is required, as the database also stores configuration data for your bot.
Upon creating an account, you will be greeted with this page. Make sure you select Starter Cluster.
After this, you will be taken to the below screen:
Select one of the servers marked with `FREE TIER AVAILABLE` and click on `Create Cluster`. It will only take a couple of minutes to configure everything for you.
Follow the "Getting Started" tutorial on the bottom left.
Go to the `Database Access` section in the `security` tab. Click on `+ Add New User` to create a new user, whereupon a new screen will pop up. `Select Read and write to any database`, so the bot can properly store the data. Choose a username and password, but make sure they both **don't contain any special character like** `!`, `-`, `?`. Copy the password into your notepad.
Finally, click `Add User` to finish the creation.
Go to the `Network Access` section in the `security` tab. Click on `+ Add IP Address` to add an IP address, whereupon a new screen will pop up. Click the `Allow Access From Everywhere` button and `0.0.0.0/0` should appear in the `Whitelist Entry`. Otherwise, make sure to put input that manually. Finally, click `Confirm` to confirm your changes.
The last part is to generate a Mongo URI. Go to the `Clusters` section in the `Atlas` tab. Click on `Connect` on the left side of your Cluster dashboard. This will open up a new screen where you have three options. For our purposes, select the middle option `Connect Your Application.`
You need to copy the connection string, which can be easily done by clicking the `Copy` button. Remove everything past `` but keeping the `/`. Then replace `` with the password for your user and `` with your database-username, which you set earlier. Paste the URI in your notepad.
The final URI looks similar to this:
`mongodb+srv://Username:MyPassword@modmail-kjvn21.mongodb.net/.`
