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Running MinIO using Docker Desktop in 5 Minutes

MinIO is an open-source distributed object storage server written in Go, designed for Private Cloud infrastructure providing S3 storage functionality. It is a high-performance object storage solution that provides an Amazon Web Services S3-compatible API and supports all core S3 features.

MinIO is built to deploy anywhere - public or private cloud, bare-metal infrastructure, orchestrated environments, and edge infrastructure.

Running MinIO using Docker container

MinIO can be setup using a single-liner command:

docker run -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 minio/minio server /data --console-address ":9001"
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You can view MinIO under Docker Desktop dashboard:

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Accessing MinIO Dashboard

You can access MinIO dashboard by clicking on 9000:9000 port displayed under Docker Desktop Dashboard directly

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Installing MinIO Client

The MinIO Client mc command line tool provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, and diff with support for both filesystems and Amazon S3-compatible cloud storage services. The mc commandline tool is built for compatibility with the AWS S3 API and is tested MinIO and AWS S3 for expected functionality and behavior.

curl -O https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/darwin-arm64/mc chmod +x mc sudo mv mc /usr/local/bin/mc
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mc alias set local http://127.0.0.1:9000 minioadmin minioadmin
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Results: 

mc: Configuration written to `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/config.json`. Please update your access credentials. mc: Successfully created `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/share`. mc: Initialized share uploads `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/share/uploads.json` file. mc: Initialized share downloads `/Users/ajeetraina/.mc/share/downloads.json` file. Added `local` successfully.
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mc admin info local ● 127.0.0.1:9000 Uptime: 7 minutes Version: 2022-10-29T06:21:33Z Network: 1/1 OK Drives: 1/1 OK Pool: 1 Pools: 1st, Erasure sets: 1, Drives per erasure set: 1 1 drive online, 0 drives offline
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Let's create a new bucket by name test-bucket and upload some random data.

Creating a New Bucket

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Uploading data to MinIO

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mc admin info local ● 127.0.0.1:9000 Uptime: 40 minutes Version: 2022-10-29T06:21:33Z Network: 1/1 OK Drives: 1/1 OK Pool: 1 Pools: 1st, Erasure sets: 1, Drives per erasure set: 1 28 B Used, 1 Bucket, 1 Object 1 drive online, 0 drives offline
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Getting Help

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