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# Compression Guide [](https://slack.minio.io)
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Minio server allows streaming compression to ensure efficient disk space usage. Compression happens inflight, i.e objects are compressed before being written to disk(s). Minio uses [`golang/snappy`](https://github.com/golang/snappy) streaming compression due to its stability and performance.
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## Get Started
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### 1. Prerequisites
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Install Minio - [Minio Quickstart Guide](https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-quickstart-guide).
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### 2. Run Minio with compression
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Compression can be enabled by updating the `compress` config settings for Minio server config. Config `compress` settings take extensions and mime-types to be compressed.
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```json
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"compress": {
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"enabled": true,
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"extensions": [".txt",".log",".csv", ".json"],
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"mime-types": ["text/csv","text/plain","application/json"]
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}
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```
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Since text, log, csv, json files are highly compressible, These extensions/mime-types are included by default for compression.
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To update the configuration, use `mc admin config get` command to get the current configuration file for the minio cluster in json format, and save it locally.
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```sh
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$ mc admin config get myminio/ > /tmp/myconfig
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```
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After updating the compression configuration in /tmp/myconfig , use `mc admin config set` command to update the configuration for the cluster. Restart the Minio server to put the changes into effect.
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```sh
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$ mc admin config set myminio < /tmp/myconfig
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```
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The compression settings may also be set through environment variables. When set, environment variables override the defined `compress` config settings in the server config.
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```bash
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export MINIO_COMPRESS="true"
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export MINIO_COMPRESS_EXTENSIONS=".pdf,.doc"
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export MINIO_COMPRESS_MIMETYPES="application/pdf"
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```
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### 3. Note
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- Already compressed objects are not fit for compression since they do not have compressible patterns. Such objects do not produce efficient [`Run-length encoding (RLE)`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding) which is a fitness factor for a lossless data compression. Below is a list of common files and content-types which are not suitable for compression.
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- Extensions
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| `gz` | (GZIP)
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| `bz2` | (BZIP2)
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| `rar` | (WinRAR)
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| `zip` | (ZIP)
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| `7z` | (7-Zip)
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- Content-Types
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| `video/*` |
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| `audio/*` |
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| `application/zip` |
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| `application/x-gzip` |
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| `application/zip` |
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| `application/x-compress` |
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| `application/x-spoon` |
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- Minio does not support encryption with compression because compression and encryption together enables room for side channel attacks like [`CRIME and BREACH`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRIME)
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- Minio does not support compression for Gateway (Azure/GCS/NAS) implementations.
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## To test the setup
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To test this setup, practice put calls to the server using `mc` and use `mc ls` on the data directory to view the size of the object.
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## Explore Further
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- [Use `mc` with Minio Server](https://docs.minio.io/docs/minio-client-quickstart-guide)
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- [Use `aws-cli` with Minio Server](https://docs.minio.io/docs/aws-cli-with-minio)
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- [Use `s3cmd` with Minio Server](https://docs.minio.io/docs/s3cmd-with-minio)
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- [Use `minio-go` SDK with Minio Server](https://docs.minio.io/docs/golang-client-quickstart-guide)
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- [The Minio documentation website](https://docs.minio.io)
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