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 pull minio/minio
$ docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio server /export
$ docker pull minio/minio:edge
$ docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio:edge server /export
Please visit Minio Docker quickstart guide for more here
Install minio packages using Homebrew
$ brew install minio
$ minio server ~/Photos
Platform | Architecture | URL |
---|---|---|
Apple OS X | 64-bit Intel | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/darwin-amd64/minio |
$ chmod 755 minio
$ ./minio server ~/Photos
Platform | Architecture | URL |
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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 |
$ chmod +x minio
$ ./minio server ~/Photos
Platform | Architecture | URL |
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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 |
C:\Users\Username\Downloads> minio.exe server D:\Photos
Platform | Architecture | URL |
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FreeBSD | 64-bit | https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/freebsd-amd64/minio |
$ chmod 755 minio
$ ./minio server ~/Photos
Please visit official zfs FreeBSD guide for more details here
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
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.
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.
- 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
Please follow Minio Contributor's Guide