In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Minio on Linux Mint Latest. Minio is an open-source Object storage server with Amazon S3 compatible API. It is compatible with various platforms such as Windows, macOS, Linux, and others. It can be used for storing unstructured data such as photos, videos, and multimedia files.
Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:
First, we need to install the following dependencies:
To install the dependencies, open the terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl wget systemd
To download the Minio binary, open the terminal and enter the following command:
wget https://dl.minio.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio
Once the download is completed, we need to make the file executable by running the following command:
chmod +x minio
To install Minio on Linux Mint Latest, we need to create a system service for Minio.
To create a system service for Minio, we need to create a new file in the system. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/minio.service
In the editor, paste the following content:
[Unit]
Description = MinIO
After = network.target
[Service]
ExecStart = /path/to/minio server /path/to/minio/directory
User = user
Group = www-data
Restart = always
[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target
We need to replace /path/to/minio with the absolute path to the minio binary that we downloaded earlier. Replace /path/to/minio/directory with the absolute path to the directory where we want to store the Minio data. Replace user with the username of the system user who will run the Minio service. Finally, replace group with the system user's primary group.
To enable and start the service, we need to run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable minio
sudo systemctl start minio
We can now verify that the service is running by running the following command:
sudo systemctl status minio
If everything is working properly, we should see an output similar to the following:
● minio.service - MinIO
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/minio.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Thu 2021-12-30 12:21:30 UTC; 16s ago
Main PID: 13714 (minio)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 26197)
Memory: 6.8M
CPU: 628ms
CGroup: /system.slice/minio.service
└─13714 /path/to/minio server /path/to/minio/directory
Dec 30 12:21:30 minio systemd[1]: Started MinIO.
By default, Minio listens on port 9000. To access the web UI of Minio, open your favorite web browser and enter the following URL:
http://localhost:9000
You should see the Minio web UI.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Minio on Linux Mint Latest. We also learned how to create a system service for Minio and how to access its web UI.
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