![Dee Koder](/assets/img/avatar_default.png)
We should keep this for easy one click copy paste on remote servers rather than 2 things for users to deal with.
4.7 KiB
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.
Minio server is light enough to be bundled with the application stack, similar to NodeJS, Redis and MySQL.
Docker Container
Stable
docker pull minio/minio
docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio server /data
Edge
docker pull minio/minio:edge
docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio:edge server /data
Please visit Minio Docker quickstart guide for more here
macOS
Homebrew
Install minio packages using Homebrew
brew install minio/stable/minio
minio server /data
NOTE: If you previously installed minio using
brew install minio
then it is recommended that you reinstall minio fromminio/stable/minio
official repo instead.
brew uninstall minio
brew install minio/stable/minio
Binary Download
Platform | Architecture | URL |
---|---|---|
Apple macOS | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/darwin-amd64/minio |
chmod 755 minio
./minio server /data
GNU/Linux
Binary Download
Platform | Architecture | URL |
---|---|---|
GNU/Linux | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio |
wget https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
chmod +x minio
./minio server /data
Snap
Install minio using Snap
sudo snap install minio --edge
Start minio using snap run
command
sudo snap connect minio:mount-observe
sudo snap run minio server /data
Microsoft Windows
Binary Download
Platform | Architecture | URL |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows | 64-bit | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/minio.exe |
minio.exe server D:\Photos
FreeBSD
Port
Install minio packages using pkg
pkg install minio
sysrc minio_enable=yes
sysrc minio_disks=/home/user/Photos
service minio start
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
Test using Minio Browser
Minio Server comes with an embedded web based object browser. Point your web browser to http://127.0.0.1:9000 ensure your server has started successfully.
Test using Minio Client mc
mc
provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, diff etc. It supports filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage services. Follow the Minio Client Quickstart Guide for further instructions.
Pre-existing data
When deployed on a single drive, Minio server lets clients access any pre-existing data in the data directory. For example, if Minio is started with the command minio server /mnt/data
, any pre-existing data in the /mnt/data
directory would be accessible to the clients.
The above statement is also valid for all gateway backends.
Explore Further
- Minio Erasure Code 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 - The Minio documentation website
Contribute to Minio Project
Please follow Minio Contributor's Guide