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.

Minio server is light enough to be bundled with the application stack, similar to NodeJS, Redis and MySQL.

docker pull minio/minio
docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio server /export

docker pull minio/minio:edge
docker run -p 9000:9000 minio/minio:edge server /export

Please visit Minio Docker quickstart guide for more here

Install minio packages using Homebrew

brew install minio/stable/minio
minio server ~/Photos

If you previously installed minio using brew install minio then reinstall minio from minio/stable/minio official repo. Homebrew builds are unstable due to golang 1.8 bugs.

brew uninstall minio 
brew install minio/stable/minio

chmod 755 minio
./minio server ~/Photos

chmod +x minio
./minio server ~/Photos

minio.exe server D:\Photos

Install minio packages using pkg

pkg install minio
sysrc minio_enable=yes
sysrc minio_disks=/home/user/Photos
service minio start

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

Minio Server comes with an embedded web based object browser. Point your web browser to http://127.0.0.1:9000 ensure your server has started successfully.

mc provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, diff etc. It supports filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage services. Follow the Minio Client Quickstart Guide for further instructions.

• Minio Erasure Code 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
• The Minio documentation website

Please follow Minio Contributor's Guide