Merge "Add create stack user to quickstart document"
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We recommend at least a :ref:`minimal-configuration` be set up.
+#. Add Stack User
+
+ Devstack should be run as a non-root user with sudo enabled
+ (standard logins to cloud images such as "ubuntu" or "cloud-user"
+ are usually fine).
+
+ You can quickly create a separate `stack` user to run DevStack with
+
+ ::
+
+ devstack/tools/create-stack-user.sh; su stack
+
#. Start the install
::