diff --git a/buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go b/buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go
index 95e4466e2..aa7c7c709 100644
--- a/buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go
+++ b/buildscripts/gen-ldflags.go
@@ -64,27 +64,49 @@ func releaseTag(version string) string {
 
 // commitID returns the abbreviated commit-id hash of the last commit.
 func commitID() string {
-	// git log --format="%h" -n1
+	// git log --format="%H" -n1
 	var (
 		commit []byte
-		e      error
+		err    error
 	)
 	cmdName := "git"
 	cmdArgs := []string{"log", "--format=%H", "-n1"}
-	if commit, e = exec.Command(cmdName, cmdArgs...).Output(); e != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error generating git commit-id: ", e)
+	if commit, err = exec.Command(cmdName, cmdArgs...).Output(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error generating git commit-id: ", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	return strings.TrimSpace(string(commit))
 }
 
+func commitTime() time.Time {
+	// git log --format=%cD -n1
+	var (
+		commitUnix []byte
+		err        error
+	)
+	cmdName := "git"
+	cmdArgs := []string{"log", "--format=%cI", "-n1"}
+	if commitUnix, err = exec.Command(cmdName, cmdArgs...).Output(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error generating git commit-time: ", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, strings.TrimSpace(string(commitUnix)))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Error generating git commit-time: ", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	return t.UTC()
+}
+
 func main() {
 	var version string
 	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
 		version = os.Args[1]
 	} else {
-		version = time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
+		version = commitTime().Format(time.RFC3339)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println(genLDFlags(version))
diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 6559e0b86..d81a48493 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ func minioConfigToConsoleFeatures() {
 	if value := os.Getenv("MINIO_LOG_QUERY_URL"); value != "" {
 		os.Setenv("CONSOLE_LOG_QUERY_URL", value)
 	}
+	if value := os.Getenv("MINIO_LOG_QUERY_AUTH_TOKEN"); value != "" {
+		os.Setenv("CONSOLE_LOG_QUERY_AUTH_TOKEN", value)
+	}
 	// Enable if prometheus URL is set.
 	if value := os.Getenv("MINIO_PROMETHEUS_URL"); value != "" {
 		os.Setenv("CONSOLE_PROMETHEUS_URL", value)
@@ -337,40 +340,43 @@ func handleCommonCmdArgs(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// Fetch address option
-	globalCLIContext.Addr = ctx.GlobalString("address")
-	if globalCLIContext.Addr == "" || globalCLIContext.Addr == ":"+GlobalMinioDefaultPort {
-		globalCLIContext.Addr = ctx.String("address")
+	addr := ctx.GlobalString("address")
+	if addr == "" || addr == ":"+GlobalMinioDefaultPort {
+		addr = ctx.String("address")
 	}
 
 	// Fetch console address option
-	globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr = ctx.GlobalString("console-address")
-	if globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr == "" {
-		globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr = ctx.String("console-address")
+	consoleAddr := ctx.GlobalString("console-address")
+	if consoleAddr == "" {
+		consoleAddr = ctx.String("console-address")
 	}
 
-	if globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr == "" {
+	if consoleAddr == "" {
 		p, err := xnet.GetFreePort()
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to get free port for console on the host")
 		}
 		globalMinioConsolePortAuto = true
-		globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr = net.JoinHostPort("", p.String())
+		consoleAddr = net.JoinHostPort("", p.String())
 	}
 
-	if globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr == globalCLIContext.Addr {
+	if _, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(consoleAddr); err != nil {
+		logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to start listening on console port")
+	}
+
+	if consoleAddr == addr {
 		logger.FatalIf(errors.New("--console-address cannot be same as --address"), "Unable to start the server")
 	}
 
-	globalMinioAddr = globalCLIContext.Addr
-	globalMinioConsoleAddr = globalCLIContext.ConsoleAddr
-
-	globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort = mustSplitHostPort(globalMinioAddr)
-	globalMinioConsoleHost, globalMinioConsolePort = mustSplitHostPort(globalMinioConsoleAddr)
+	globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort = mustSplitHostPort(addr)
+	globalMinioConsoleHost, globalMinioConsolePort = mustSplitHostPort(consoleAddr)
 
 	if globalMinioPort == globalMinioConsolePort {
 		logger.FatalIf(errors.New("--console-address port cannot be same as --address port"), "Unable to start the server")
 	}
 
+	globalMinioAddr = addr
+
 	// Check "no-compat" flag from command line argument.
 	globalCLIContext.StrictS3Compat = true
 	if ctx.IsSet("no-compat") || ctx.GlobalIsSet("no-compat") {
@@ -401,6 +407,11 @@ func handleCommonEnvVars() {
 		logger.Fatal(config.ErrInvalidBrowserValue(err), "Invalid MINIO_BROWSER value in environment variable")
 	}
 
+	globalBrowserRedirect, err = config.ParseBool(env.Get(config.EnvBrowserRedirect, config.EnableOn))
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatal(config.ErrInvalidBrowserValue(err), "Invalid MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT value in environment variable")
+	}
+
 	globalFSOSync, err = config.ParseBool(env.Get(config.EnvFSOSync, config.EnableOff))
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Fatal(config.ErrInvalidFSOSyncValue(err), "Invalid MINIO_FS_OSYNC value in environment variable")
diff --git a/cmd/gateway-main.go b/cmd/gateway-main.go
index 18f2e21dc..070ac5d3e 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway-main.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway-main.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func StartGateway(ctx *cli.Context, gw Gateway) {
 		getCert = globalTLSCerts.GetCertificate
 	}
 
-	httpServer := xhttp.NewServer([]string{globalCLIContext.Addr},
+	httpServer := xhttp.NewServer([]string{globalMinioAddr},
 		criticalErrorHandler{corsHandler(router)}, getCert)
 	httpServer.BaseContext = func(listener net.Listener) context.Context {
 		return GlobalContext
diff --git a/cmd/gateway-startup-msg.go b/cmd/gateway-startup-msg.go
index cddb2a3b3..77c15576a 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway-startup-msg.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway-startup-msg.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 
 // Prints the formatted startup message.
 func printGatewayStartupMessage(apiEndPoints []string, backendType string) {
-	strippedAPIEndpoints := stripStandardPorts(apiEndPoints)
+	strippedAPIEndpoints := stripStandardPorts(apiEndPoints, globalMinioHost)
 	// If cache layer is enabled, print cache capacity.
 	cacheAPI := newCachedObjectLayerFn()
 	if cacheAPI != nil {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func printGatewayCommonMsg(apiEndpoints []string) {
 	printEventNotifiers()
 
 	if globalBrowserEnabled {
-		consoleEndpointStr := strings.Join(stripStandardPorts(getConsoleEndpoints()), " ")
+		consoleEndpointStr := strings.Join(stripStandardPorts(getConsoleEndpoints(), globalMinioConsoleHost), " ")
 		logStartupMessage(color.Blue("\nConsole: ") + color.Bold(fmt.Sprintf("%s ", consoleEndpointStr)))
 		if color.IsTerminal() && !globalCLIContext.Anonymous {
 			logStartupMessage(color.Blue("RootUser: ") + color.Bold(fmt.Sprintf("%s ", cred.AccessKey)))
diff --git a/cmd/generic-handlers.go b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
index 3a30299ec..1c92db230 100644
--- a/cmd/generic-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/generic-handlers.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func guessIsBrowserReq(r *http.Request) bool {
 func setBrowserRedirectHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// Re-direction is handled specifically for browser requests.
-		if guessIsBrowserReq(r) {
+		if guessIsBrowserReq(r) && globalBrowserRedirect {
 			// Fetch the redirect location if any.
 			u := getRedirectLocation(r)
 			if u != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 32b2d0c8f..591875b80 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ const (
 var globalCLIContext = struct {
 	JSON, Quiet    bool
 	Anonymous      bool
-	Addr           string
-	ConsoleAddr    string
 	StrictS3Compat bool
 }{}
 
@@ -139,6 +137,9 @@ var (
 	// This flag is set to 'true' by default
 	globalBrowserEnabled = true
 
+	// This flag is set to 'true' by default.
+	globalBrowserRedirect = true
+
 	// This flag is set to 'true' when MINIO_UPDATE env is set to 'off'. Default is false.
 	globalInplaceUpdateDisabled = false
 
@@ -146,8 +147,7 @@ var (
 	globalServerRegion = globalMinioDefaultRegion
 
 	// MinIO local server address (in `host:port` format)
-	globalMinioAddr        = ""
-	globalMinioConsoleAddr = ""
+	globalMinioAddr = ""
 
 	// MinIO default port, can be changed through command line.
 	globalMinioPort            = GlobalMinioDefaultPort
diff --git a/cmd/net_test.go b/cmd/net_test.go
index ea63cc68a..d7e029113 100644
--- a/cmd/net_test.go
+++ b/cmd/net_test.go
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ func TestGetHostIP(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Tests finalize api endpoints.
 func TestGetAPIEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
-	host, port := globalMinioHost, globalMinioAddr
+	host, port := globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort
 	defer func() {
-		globalMinioHost, globalMinioAddr = host, port
+		globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort = host, port
 	}()
 	testCases := []struct {
 		host, port     string
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 6832287aa..f648d0089 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func serverHandleCmdArgs(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	// Handle common command args.
 	handleCommonCmdArgs(ctx)
 
-	logger.FatalIf(CheckLocalServerAddr(globalCLIContext.Addr), "Unable to validate passed arguments")
+	logger.FatalIf(CheckLocalServerAddr(globalMinioAddr), "Unable to validate passed arguments")
 
 	var err error
 	var setupType SetupType
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func serverHandleCmdArgs(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	// Register root CAs for remote ENVs
 	env.RegisterGlobalCAs(globalRootCAs)
 
-	globalEndpoints, setupType, err = createServerEndpoints(globalCLIContext.Addr, serverCmdArgs(ctx)...)
+	globalEndpoints, setupType, err = createServerEndpoints(globalMinioAddr, serverCmdArgs(ctx)...)
 	logger.FatalIf(err, "Invalid command line arguments")
 
 	globalLocalNodeName = GetLocalPeer(globalEndpoints, globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort)
@@ -595,11 +595,11 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		}
 
 		go func() {
-			<-globalOSSignalCh
-			consoleSrv.Shutdown()
+			logger.FatalIf(consoleSrv.Serve(), "Unable to initialize console server")
 		}()
 
-		consoleSrv.Serve()
+		<-globalOSSignalCh
+		consoleSrv.Shutdown()
 	} else {
 		<-globalOSSignalCh
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-msg.go b/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
index 8c248c948..f2858e5e5 100644
--- a/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-msg.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func printStartupMessage(apiEndpoints []string, err error) {
 		logStartupMessage(color.RedBold("Please use 'mc admin' commands to further investigate this issue"))
 	}
 
-	strippedAPIEndpoints := stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints)
+	strippedAPIEndpoints := stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints, globalMinioHost)
 	// If cache layer is enabled, print cache capacity.
 	cachedObjAPI := newCachedObjectLayerFn()
 	if cachedObjAPI != nil {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func isNotIPv4(host string) bool {
 // strip api endpoints list with standard ports such as
 // port "80" and "443" before displaying on the startup
 // banner.  Returns a new list of API endpoints.
-func stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints []string) (newAPIEndpoints []string) {
+func stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints []string, host string) (newAPIEndpoints []string) {
 	newAPIEndpoints = make([]string, len(apiEndpoints))
 	// Check all API endpoints for standard ports and strip them.
 	for i, apiEndpoint := range apiEndpoints {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints []string) (newAPIEndpoints []string) {
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		if globalMinioHost == "" && isNotIPv4(u.Host) {
+		if host == "" && isNotIPv4(u.Host) {
 			// Skip all non-IPv4 endpoints when we bind to all interfaces.
 			continue
 		}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func printServerCommonMsg(apiEndpoints []string) {
 	printEventNotifiers()
 
 	if globalBrowserEnabled {
-		consoleEndpointStr := strings.Join(stripStandardPorts(getConsoleEndpoints()), " ")
+		consoleEndpointStr := strings.Join(stripStandardPorts(getConsoleEndpoints(), globalMinioConsoleHost), " ")
 		logStartupMessage(color.Blue("\nConsole: ") + color.Bold(fmt.Sprintf("%s ", consoleEndpointStr)))
 		if color.IsTerminal() && !globalCLIContext.Anonymous {
 			logStartupMessage(color.Blue("RootUser: ") + color.Bold(fmt.Sprintf("%s ", cred.AccessKey)))
diff --git a/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go b/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
index 6128414ce..4c59bd338 100644
--- a/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server-startup-msg_test.go
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ func TestStorageInfoMsg(t *testing.T) {
 func TestStripStandardPorts(t *testing.T) {
 	apiEndpoints := []string{"http://127.0.0.1:9000", "http://127.0.0.2:80", "https://127.0.0.3:443"}
 	expectedAPIEndpoints := []string{"http://127.0.0.1:9000", "http://127.0.0.2", "https://127.0.0.3"}
-	newAPIEndpoints := stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints)
+	newAPIEndpoints := stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints, "")
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedAPIEndpoints, newAPIEndpoints) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %#v, got %#v", expectedAPIEndpoints, newAPIEndpoints)
 	}
 
 	apiEndpoints = []string{"http://%%%%%:9000"}
-	newAPIEndpoints = stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints)
+	newAPIEndpoints = stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints, "")
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual([]string{""}, newAPIEndpoints) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %#v, got %#v", apiEndpoints, newAPIEndpoints)
 	}
 
 	apiEndpoints = []string{"http://127.0.0.1:443", "https://127.0.0.1:80"}
-	newAPIEndpoints = stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints)
+	newAPIEndpoints = stripStandardPorts(apiEndpoints, "")
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(apiEndpoints, newAPIEndpoints) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %#v, got %#v", apiEndpoints, newAPIEndpoints)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a829fc9ae..7238d3f10 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.9.0
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.35
 	github.com/minio/cli v1.22.0
-	github.com/minio/console v0.7.5-0.20210617075056-13f9f6c848d0
+	github.com/minio/console v0.7.5-0.20210618230329-b10c4f51b1ef
 	github.com/minio/csvparser v1.0.0
 	github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2
 	github.com/minio/kes v0.14.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fce11d1bf..2edec322b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -995,8 +995,8 @@ github.com/minio/cli v1.22.0 h1:VTQm7lmXm3quxO917X3p+el1l0Ca5X3S4PM2ruUYO68=
 github.com/minio/cli v1.22.0/go.mod h1:bYxnK0uS629N3Bq+AOZZ+6lwF77Sodk4+UL9vNuXhOY=
 github.com/minio/colorjson v1.0.1 h1:+hvfP8C1iMB95AT+ZFDRE+Knn9QPd9lg0CRJY9DRpos=
 github.com/minio/colorjson v1.0.1/go.mod h1:oPM3zQQY8Gz9NGtgvuBEjQ+gPZLKAGc7T+kjMlwtOgs=
-github.com/minio/console v0.7.5-0.20210617075056-13f9f6c848d0 h1:LGfT0EluVLXwVLt2u6IqAaCdWhSHgdGf/qBFizQTy2c=
-github.com/minio/console v0.7.5-0.20210617075056-13f9f6c848d0/go.mod h1:GpMSCi0f9OlIyIlOJ/ecAen6I37hls9+h07oGK+Al7M=
+github.com/minio/console v0.7.5-0.20210618230329-b10c4f51b1ef h1:IBFH0AosfqM2t2u2tJlFhOjlsIPki8j1+svG3rK3/iw=
+github.com/minio/console v0.7.5-0.20210618230329-b10c4f51b1ef/go.mod h1:cjSSiiqz5KogE22e8fvVLr4/ExRrWd5uTmGCqnT9uSw=
 github.com/minio/csvparser v1.0.0 h1:xJEHcYK8ZAjeW4hNV9Zu30u+/2o4UyPnYgyjWp8b7ZU=
 github.com/minio/csvparser v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lKXskSLzPgC5WQyzP7maKH7Sl1cqvANXo9YCto8zbtM=
 github.com/minio/direct-csi v1.3.5-0.20210601185811-f7776f7961bf h1:wylCc/PdvdTIqYqVNEU9LJAZBanvfGY1TwTnjM3zQaA=
@@ -1020,8 +1020,8 @@ github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.10/go.mod h1:td4gW1ldOsj1PbSNS+WYK43j+P1XVhX/8
 github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.11-0.20210302210017-6ae69c73ce78/go.mod h1:mTh2uJuAbEqdhMVl6CMIIZLUeiMiWtJR4JB8/5g2skw=
 github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.11-0.20210517200026-f0518ca447d6 h1:GVR+UTvfe2r2YTYHWrA/yRF5nouMjJh3kwxNTZ8npso=
 github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.11-0.20210517200026-f0518ca447d6/go.mod h1:td4gW1ldOsj1PbSNS+WYK43j+P1XVhX/8W8awaYlBFo=
-github.com/minio/operator v0.0.0-20210604224119-7e256f98cf90 h1:bomLALJicW0gLAkFHomuPbyjU0OxR0znctdALiIdAJ4=
-github.com/minio/operator v0.0.0-20210604224119-7e256f98cf90/go.mod h1:8/mIXK+CFdL6VqyxRn1SwD+PEX0jsN8uqjoadaw/Np0=
+github.com/minio/operator v0.0.0-20210616045941-65f31f5f78ae h1:GONmqbjCi/KTEc1CGujnS/m1qeJeghcQ8dUBLh19qQo=
+github.com/minio/operator v0.0.0-20210616045941-65f31f5f78ae/go.mod h1:8/mIXK+CFdL6VqyxRn1SwD+PEX0jsN8uqjoadaw/Np0=
 github.com/minio/operator/logsearchapi v0.0.0-20210604224119-7e256f98cf90 h1:Qu6j6oE7+QNuq7Kr2DLyVYq3fqMdqFd/T8NAeNp47og=
 github.com/minio/operator/logsearchapi v0.0.0-20210604224119-7e256f98cf90/go.mod h1:R+38Pf3wfm+JMiyLPb/r8OMrBm0vK2hZgUT4y4aYoSY=
 github.com/minio/parquet-go v1.0.0 h1:fcWsEvub04Nsl/4hiRBDWlbqd6jhacQieV07a+nhiIk=
diff --git a/internal/config/constants.go b/internal/config/constants.go
index 911d256ee..2331a8914 100644
--- a/internal/config/constants.go
+++ b/internal/config/constants.go
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ const (
 	EnvRootUser     = "MINIO_ROOT_USER"
 	EnvRootPassword = "MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD"
 
-	EnvBrowser    = "MINIO_BROWSER"
-	EnvDomain     = "MINIO_DOMAIN"
-	EnvRegionName = "MINIO_REGION_NAME"
-	EnvPublicIPs  = "MINIO_PUBLIC_IPS"
-	EnvFSOSync    = "MINIO_FS_OSYNC"
-	EnvArgs       = "MINIO_ARGS"
-	EnvDNSWebhook = "MINIO_DNS_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT"
+	EnvBrowser         = "MINIO_BROWSER"
+	EnvBrowserRedirect = "MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT"
+	EnvDomain          = "MINIO_DOMAIN"
+	EnvRegionName      = "MINIO_REGION_NAME"
+	EnvPublicIPs       = "MINIO_PUBLIC_IPS"
+	EnvFSOSync         = "MINIO_FS_OSYNC"
+	EnvArgs            = "MINIO_ARGS"
+	EnvDNSWebhook      = "MINIO_DNS_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT"
 
 	EnvRootDiskThresholdSize = "MINIO_ROOTDISK_THRESHOLD_SIZE"