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

$ docker pull minio/minio
$ docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio 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