Minio is an open-source object storage server that is compatible with Amazon S3 API. It is lightweight, fast, and easy to deploy. Here is a quick tutorial on how to install Minio on your Arch Linux system.
Before we install Minio, we need to make sure that our system has some necessary dependencies installed. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the repositories.
sudo pacman -Syu
Then, install the following packages:
sudo pacman -S git go
Next, we need to clone the Minio source code from the official GitHub repository. Run the following command to clone the latest version.
git clone https://github.com/minio/minio.git
This command will create a directory named 'minio' containing the source code of the application.
In this step, we will build and install the Minio server on our Arch Linux system.
Navigate to the 'minio' directory:
cd minio
Now, we will build the Minio binary using the following command:
make
This command will compile the Minio source code and create a binary file named 'minio' at the root of the project directory.
We will move this binary file to the '/usr/local/bin' directory for easier access by running the following command:
sudo mv minio /usr/local/bin
Finally, we need to configure the Minio service to run as a system daemon. For that, we can download the service file minio.service from the official GitHub repository using the following command:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/minio-service/master/linux-systemd/minio.service
Then, move the service file to the '/etc/systemd/system' directory by running the following command:
sudo mv minio.service /etc/systemd/system/
Reload the systemd daemon by running the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Now, we can start the Minio service by running:
sudo systemctl start minio
We can check the status of the Minio service by running:
sudo systemctl status minio
After installing and configuring the Minio server, we can access the web console from any web browser by visiting http://localhost:9000.
The first time you visit this address, Minio will prompt you to create a new Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. The Access Key ID and Secret Access Key are important credentials that are required to access the Minio server APIs from any client application.
That's it! In this tutorial, we learned how to install Minio on Arch Linux. We also went through the steps required to build and configure the Minio service as a system daemon. Once the service is up and running, we can access the Minio web console and start using it to store and manage our data.
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