MinIO is an open-source distributed object storage server written in Go, designed for Private Cloud infrastructure providing S3 storage functionality. It is a high-performance object storage solution that provides an Amazon Web Services S3-compatible API and supports all core S3 features.
MinIO is built to deploy anywhere - public or private cloud, bare-metal infrastructure, orchestrated environments, and edge infrastructure.
Running MinIO using Docker container
MinIO can be setup using a single-liner command:
docker run -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 minio/minio server /data --console-address ":9001"
You can view MinIO under Docker Desktop dashboard:
Accessing MinIO Dashboard
You can access MinIO dashboard by clicking on 9000:9000 port displayed under Docker Desktop Dashboard directly
Installing MinIO Client
The MinIO Client mc command line tool provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, and diff with support for both filesystems and Amazon S3-compatible cloud storage services. The mc commandline tool is built for compatibility with the AWS S3 API and is tested MinIO and AWS S3 for expected functionality and behavior.
curl -O https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/darwin-arm64/mc
chmod +x mc
sudo mv mc /usr/local/bin/mc
mc alias set local http://127.0.0.1:9000 minioadmin minioadmin
Results:
mc: Configuration written to `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/config.json`. Please update your access credentials.
mc: Successfully created `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/share`.
mc: Initialized share uploads `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/share/uploads.json` file.
mc: Initialized share downloads `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/share/downloads.json` file.
Added `local` successfully.
mc admin info local
● 127.0.0.1:9000
Uptime: 7 minutes
Version: 2022-10-29T06:21:33Z
Network: 1/1 OK
Drives: 1/1 OK
Pool: 1
Pools:
1st, Erasure sets: 1, Drives per erasure set: 1
1 drive online, 0 drives offline
Let's create a new bucket by name test-bucket and upload some random data.
Creating a New Bucket
Uploading data to MinIO
mc admin info local
● 127.0.0.1:9000
Uptime: 40 minutes
Version: 2022-10-29T06:21:33Z
Network: 1/1 OK
Drives: 1/1 OK
Pool: 1
Pools:
1st, Erasure sets: 1, Drives per erasure set: 1
28 B Used, 1 Bucket, 1 Object
1 drive online, 0 drives offline
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Further Readings:
Getting Help
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