## Minio [](https://gitter.im/minio/minio?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
Minio is an object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 and licensed under [Apache license 2.0](./LICENSE).
## Description
Minio is an open source object storage server released under Apache License V2. It is compatible with Amazon S3 cloud storage service. Minio follows a minimalist design philosophy.
Minio is light enough to be bundled with the application stack. It sits on the side of NodeJS, Redis, MySQL and the likes. Unlike databases, Minio stores objects such as photos, videos, log files, backups, container / VM images and so on. Minio is best suited for storing blobs of information ranging from KBs to TBs each. In a simplistic sense, it is like a FTP server with a simple get / put API over HTTP.
Minio currently implements two backends
- Filesystem (FS) - is available and ready for general purpose use. This version of the Minio binary is built using Filesystem storage backend for magnetic and solid state disks.
- ErasureCoded (XL) - is work in progress and not ready for general purpose use.
## Minio Client
[Minio Client (mc)](https://github.com/minio/mc#minio-client-mc-) provides a modern alternative to Unix commands like ``ls``, ``cat``, ``cp``, ``sync``, and ``diff``. It supports POSIX compatible filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage systems. It is entirely written in Golang.
## Amazon S3 Compatible Client Libraries
- [Golang Library](https://github.com/minio/minio-go)
- [Java Library](https://github.com/minio/minio-java)
- [Nodejs Library](https://github.com/minio/minio-js)
- [Python Library](https://github.com/minio/minio-py)
- [.Net Library](https://github.com/minio/minio-dotnet)
### Install [](https://travis-ci.org/minio/minio)[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/harshavardhana/minio-qxbjq/branch/master)
#### GNU/Linux
Download ``minio`` for:
- ``64-bit Intel`` from https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
- ``32-bit Intel`` from https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-386/minio
- ``32-bit ARM`` from https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-arm/minio
~~~
$ chmod +x minio
$ ./minio --help
~~~
#### OS X
Download ``minio`` from https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/darwin-amd64/minio
~~~
$ chmod 755 minio
$ ./minio --help
~~~
#### Microsoft Windows
Download ``minio`` for:
- ``64-bit`` from https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/windows-amd64/minio.exe
- ``32-bit`` from https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/windows-386/minio.exe
~~~
C:\Users\Username\Downloads> minio.exe --help
~~~
#### Docker container
Download ``minio`` for docker.
~~~
$ docker pull minio/minio
~~~
Read more here on [How to configure data volume containers for Minio?](./Docker.md)
#### Source
NOTE: Source installation is intended for only developers and advanced users. For general use, please download official releases from https://minio.io/download.
If you do not have a working Golang environment, please follow [Install Golang](./INSTALLGO.md).
~~~
$ go get -d github.com/minio/minio
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/minio/minio
$ make
~~~
### How to use Minio?
```
NAME:
minio server - Start Minio cloud storage server.
USAGE:
minio server [OPTION VALUE] PATH
OPTION = expiry VALUE = NN[h|m|s] [DEFAULT=Unlimited]
OPTION = min-free-disk VALUE = NN% [DEFAULT: 10%]
EXAMPLES:
1. Start minio server on Linux.
$ minio server /home/shared
2. Start minio server on Windows.
$ minio server C:\MyShare
3. Start minio server bound to a specific IP:PORT, when you have multiple network interfaces.
$ minio --address 192.168.1.101:9000 server /home/shared
4. Start minio server with minimum free disk threshold to 5%
$ minio server min-free-disk 5% /home/shared/Pictures
5. Start minio server with minimum free disk threshold to 15% with auto expiration set to 1h
$ minio server min-free-disk 15% expiry 1h /home/shared/Documents
```
#### Start Minio server.
~~~
$ minio server ~/Photos
AccessKey: WLGDGYAQYIGI833EV05A SecretKey: BYvgJM101sHngl2uzjXS/OBF/aMxAN06JrJ3qJlF Region: us-east-1
Minio Object Storage:
http://127.0.0.1:9000
http://10.0.0.3:9000
Minio Browser:
http://127.0.0.1:9000
http://10.0.0.3:9000
To configure Minio Client:
$ wget https://dl.minio.io/client/mc/release/darwin-amd64/mc
$ chmod 755 mc
$ ./mc config host add myminio http://localhost:9000 WLGDGYAQYIGI833EV05A BYvgJM101sHngl2uzjXS/OBF/aMxAN06JrJ3qJlF
~~~
#### How to use AWS CLI with Minio?
This section assumes that you have already installed aws-cli, if not please visit https://aws.amazon.com/cli/
To configure `aws-cli`, type `aws configure` and follow below steps.
```
$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: YOUR_SECRET_KEY_HERE
Default region name [None]: us-east-1
Default output format [None]: ENTER
```
Additionally enable `aws-cli` to use AWS Signature Version '4' for Minio server.
```
$ aws configure set default.s3.signature_version s3v4
```
To list your buckets.
```
$ aws --endpoint-url http://localhost:9000 s3 ls
2016-01-07 16:38:23 testbucket
```
To list contents inside bucket.
```
$ aws --endpoint-url http://localhost:9000 s3 ls s3://testbucket
PRE test/
2015-12-17 08:46:41 12232928 vim
2016-01-07 16:38:23 32232928 emacs
2015-12-09 08:05:24 138504 s3cmd
```
#### How to use AWS SDK with Minio?
Please follow the documentation here - [Using aws-sdk-go with Minio server](./AWS-SDK-GO.md)
#### How to use s3cmd with Minio?
This section assumes that you have already installed s3cmd, if not please visit http://s3tools.org/s3cmd
Edit the following fields in your s3cmd configuration file `~/.s3cfg` .
```
host_base = localhost:9000
host_bucket = localhost:9000
access_key = YOUR_ACCESS_KEY_HERE
secret_key = YOUR_SECRET_KEY_HERE
signature_v2 = False
```
To list your buckets.
```
$ s3cmd ls s3://
2015-12-09 16:12 s3://testbbucket
```
To list contents inside buckets.
```
$ s3cmd ls s3://testbucket/
DIR s3://testbucket/test/
2015-12-09 16:05 138504 s3://testbucket/newfile
```
## Contribute to Minio Project
Please follow Minio [Contributor's Guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md)
### Jobs
If you think in Lisp or Haskell and hack in go, you would blend right in. Send your github link to callhome@minio.io.