minio/docs/config

Minio Server config.json (v18) Guide

Minio server stores all its configuration data in ${HOME}/.minio/config.json file by default. Following sections provide detailed explanation of each fields and how to customize them. A complete example of config.json is available here

Configuration Directory

The default configuration directory is ${HOME}/.minio. You can override the default configuration directory using --config-dir command-line option. Minio server generates a new config.json with auto-generated access credentials when its started for the first time.

minio server --config-dir /etc/minio

Certificate Directory

TLS certificates are stored under ${HOME}/.minio/certs directory. You need to place certificates here to enable HTTPS based access. Read more about How to secure access to Minio server with TLS.

Following is the directory structure for Minio server with TLS certificates.

$ tree ~/.minio
/home/user1/.minio
├── certs
│   ├── CAs
│   ├── private.key
│   └── public.crt
└── config.json

Configuration Fields

Version

Field	Type	Description
version	string	version determines the configuration file format. Any older version will be automatically be migrated to the latest version upon startup. [DO NOT EDIT THIS FIELD MANUALLY]

Credential

Field	Type	Description
credential		Auth credential for object storage and web access.
credential.accessKey	string	Access key of minimum 5 characters in length. You may override this field with MINIO_ACCESS_KEY environment variable.
credential.secretKey	string	Secret key of minimum 8 characters in length. You may override this field with MINIO_SECRET_KEY environment variable.

Example:

export MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=admin
export MINIO_SECRET_KEY=password
minio server ~/Photos

Region

Field	Type	Description
region	string	region describes the physical location of the server. By default it is set to us-east-1, which is same as AWS S3's default region. You may override this field with MINIO_REGION environment variable. If you are unsure leave it unset.

Example:

export MINIO_REGION="my_region"
minio server ~/Photos

Browser

Field	Type	Description
browser	string	Enable or disable access to web UI. By default it is set to on. You may override this field with MINIO_BROWSER environment variable.

Example:

export MINIO_BROWSER=off
minio server ~/Photos

Logger

Field	Type	Description
logger		Server logs errors and fatal messages via logger. You may enable one or more loggers at the same time.
logger.console		Send log messages to console.
logger.console.enable	bool	Enable or disable console logger. Default is set to true.
logger.file		Send log message to a file.
logger.file.enable	bool	Enable or disable file logger. Default is set to false.
logger.file.filename	string	Path and name of the log file. Example: /var/log/minio.log

Notify

Field	Type	Description
notify		Notify enables bucket notification events for lambda computing via the following targets.
notify.amqp		Configure to publish Minio events via AMQP target.
notify.mqtt		Configure to publish Minio events via MQTT target.
notify.elasticsearch		Configure to publish Minio events via Elasticsearch target.
notify.redis		Configure to publish Minio events via Redis target.
notify.nats		Configure to publish Minio events via NATS target.
notify.postgresql		Configure to publish Minio events via PostgreSQL target.
notify.kafka		Configure to publish Minio events via Apache Kafka target.
notify.webhook		Configure to publish Minio events via Webhooks target.

Explore Further

• Minio Quickstart Guide