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Minio Quickstart Guide
Minio is an object storage server released under Apache License v2.0. It is compatible with Amazon S3 cloud storage service. It is best suited for storing unstructured data such as photos, videos, log files, backups and container / VM images. Size of an object can range from a few KBs to a maximum of 5TB.
1. Download
Minio server is light enough to be bundled with the application stack, similar to NodeJS, Redis and MySQL.
Platform | Architecture | URL |
---|---|---|
GNU/Linux | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio |
32-bit Intel | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-386/minio | |
32-bit ARM | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-arm/minio | |
Apple OS X | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/darwin-amd64/minio |
Microsoft Windows | 64-bit | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/minio.exe |
32-bit | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/windows-386/minio.exe | |
FreeBSD | 64-bit | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/freebsd-amd64/minio |
Install from Homebrew
Install minio packages using Homebrew
$ brew install minio
$ minio --help
Install from Source
Source installation is only intended for developers and advanced users. If you do not have a working Golang environment, please follow How to install Golang.
$ go get -u github.com/minio/minio
2. Run Minio Server
In the examples below, Minio serves the contents of the Photos
directory as an object store.
Docker Container
Latest Stable
$ docker pull minio/minio
$ docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio server /export
Latest Edge (Testing Only)
$ docker pull minio/minio:edge
$ docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio:edge server /export
Please visit Minio Docker quickstart guide for more here
GNU/Linux
$ chmod +x minio
$ ./minio --help
$ ./minio server ~/Photos
...
OS X
$ chmod 755 minio
$ ./minio --help
$ ./minio server ~/Photos
...
Microsoft Windows
C:\Users\Username\Downloads> minio.exe --help
C:\Users\Username\Downloads> minio.exe server D:\Photos
...
FreeBSD
$ chmod 755 minio
$ ./minio --help
$ ./minio server ~/Photos
...
Please visit official zfs FreeBSD guide for more details here
3. Test Minio Server using Minio Browser
Open a web browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:9000 to view your buckets on minio server.
4. Test Minio Server using mc
Install mc from here. Use mc ls
command to list all the buckets on your minio server.
$ mc config host add myminio http://10.0.0.10:9000 USWUXHGYZQYFYFFIT3RE MOJRH0mkL1IPauahWITSVvyDrQbEEIwljvmxdq03
$ mc mb myminio/mybucket
$ mc ls myminio/
[2015-08-05 08:13:11 IST] 0B mybucket/
For more examples please navigate to Minio Client Complete Guide.
5. Explore Further
- Minio Erasure Code QuickStart Guide
- Minio Docker Quickstart Guide
- Use
mc
with Minio Server - Use
aws-cli
with Minio Server - Use
s3cmd
with Minio Server - Use
minio-go
SDK with Minio Server
6. Contribute to Minio Project
Please follow Minio Contributor's Guide