In this tutorial, we will install and configure the Minio server.

What is Minio?

Minio is a self-hosted AWS S3 drop-in replacement/AWS S3-compatible, object storage server written in Go. It can be used to store objects such as photos, videos, log files, backups, etc.

Install Minio on Centos Linux

In this example, we’ll install Minio to /opt/minio, and will configure it to run as a systemd service.

1. Add a minio user

useradd -s /sbin/nologin -d /opt/minio minio

2. Set up directories

mkdir -p /opt/minio/bin
mkdir /opt/minio/data # this will be your data partition

3. Install minio server binary and set it to executable. In this example we use the Linux x64 binary.

wget https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio -O /opt/minio/bin/minio

chmod +x /opt/minio/bin/minio

4. Create a minio config file

vim /opt/minio/minio.conf

:

MINIO_VOLUMES=/opt/minio/data

5. Ensure all files are owned by minio in /opt/minio:

chown -R minio:minio /opt/minio

6. Add minio systemd service files

Note: the systemd service file below has been adapted from: https://github.com/minio/minio-service/tree/master/linux-systemd

vim /etc/systemd/system/minio.service

:

 

[Unit]
Description=Minio
Documentation=https://docs.minio.io
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
AssertFileIsExecutable=/opt/minio/bin/minio

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/minio

User=minio
Group=minio

PermissionsStartOnly=true

EnvironmentFile=-/opt/minio/minio.conf
ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c "[ -n \"${MINIO_VOLUMES}\" ] || echo \"Variable MINIO_VOLUMES not set in /opt/minio/minio.conf\""

ExecStart=/opt/minio/bin/minio server $MINIO_OPTS $MINIO_VOLUMES

StandardOutput=journal
StandardError=inherit

# Specifies the maximum file descriptor number that can be opened by this process
LimitNOFILE=65536

# Disable timeout logic and wait until process is stopped
TimeoutStopSec=0

# SIGTERM signal is used to stop Minio
KillSignal=SIGTERM

SendSIGKILL=no

SuccessExitStatus=0

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

7. Enable and start the minio service

systemctl enable minio && systemctl start minio

8. Check that minio has started

systemctl status minio

9. Take note of your Minio access and secret key:

grep -E 'accessKey|secretKey' /opt/minio/.minio/config.json

Configuration

Minio should now be installed, configured and running. You can access the Minio web interface by going to http://<server_ip>:9000/ – log in with the access and secret key recorded above in step 9.

Using Minio

As Minio is AWS S3-compatible, you can use the following tools to upload, browse and delete Minio storage data:

• aws-cli
• s3cmd

Final Notes

I would strongly recommend running Minio behind an HTTPS reverse proxy. This will ensure that all traffic to and from Minio will be encrypted. You can follow this simple tutorial on how to configure an Apache HTTPS reverse proxy.