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Minio Server Config Guide 
Configuration Directory
The default configuration directory is ${HOME}/.minio. Till the release RELEASE.2018-08-02T23-11-36Z, Minio server configuration file (config.json) was stored in the configuration directory. However for releases beyond RELEASE.2018-08-18T03-49-57Z, the configuration file (only), has been migrated to the storage back-end (storage back-end is the directory passed to Minio server while starting the server).
You can override the default configuration directory using --config-dir command-line option. Please note that this won't have an effect on the config.json file as it is always stored on the backend storage, along with data. 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 /data
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
Accessing configuration file
All configuration changes can be made using mc admin config get/set commands. Following sections provide brief explanation of fields and how to customize them. A complete example of config.json is available here
Editing configuration file fields
Get current configuration for Minio deployment
$ mc admin config get myminio/ > /tmp/myconfig
Set current configuration for Minio deployment
$ mc admin config set myminio < /tmp/myconfig
The mc admin config API will evolve soon to be able to configure specific fields using get/set commands.
Version
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
version |
string | version determines the configuration file format. Any older version will 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 3 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 /data
Region
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
region |
string | region describes the physical location of the server. By default it is blank. 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 /data
Worm
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
worm |
string | Enable this to turn on Write-Once-Read-Many. By default it is set to off. You may override this field with MINIO_WORM environment variable. |
Example:
export MINIO_WORM=on
minio server /data
Storage Class
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
storageclass |
Set storage class for configurable data and parity, as per object basis. | |
storageclass.standard |
string | Value for standard storage class. It should be in the format EC:Parity, for example to set 4 disk parity for standard storage class objects, set this field to EC:4. |
storageclass.rrs |
string | Value for reduced redundancy storage class. It should be in the format EC:Parity, for example to set 3 disk parity for reduced redundancy storage class objects, set this field to EC:3. |
By default, parity for objects with standard storage class is set to N/2, and parity for objects with reduced redundancy storage class objects is set to 2. Read more about storage class support in Minio server here.
Cache
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
drives |
[]string | List of mounted file system drives with atime support enabled |
exclude |
[]string | List of wildcard patterns for prefixes to exclude from cache |
expiry |
int | Days to cache expiry |
maxuse |
int | Percentage of disk available to cache |
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.nats |
Configure to publish Minio events via NATS target. | |
notify.elasticsearch |
Configure to publish Minio events via Elasticsearch target. | |
notify.redis |
Configure to publish Minio events via Redis 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. | |
notify.mysql |
Configure to publish Minio events via MySql target. | |
notify.mqtt |
Configure to publish Minio events via MQTT target. |
Environment only settings
Browser
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 /data
Domain
By default, Minio supports path-style requests that are of the format http://mydomain.com/bucket/object. MINIO_DOMAIN environment variable is used to enable virtual-host-style requests. If the request Host header matches with (.+).mydomain.com then the matched pattern $1 is used as bucket and the path is used as object. More information on path-style and virtual-host-style here
Example:
export MINIO_DOMAIN=mydomain.com
minio server /data
Drive Sync
By default, Minio writes to disk in synchronous mode for all metadata operations. Set MINIO_DRIVE_SYNC environment variable to enable synchronous mode for all data operations as well.
Example:
export MINIO_DRIVE_SYNC=on
minio server /data