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+*Federation feature is deprecated and should be avoided for future deployments*
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 # Federation Quickstart Guide [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)
 This document explains how to configure MinIO with `Bucket lookup from DNS` style federation.