In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Minio, an object storage server, on Ubuntu Server latest.
Before we begin, it is essential to make sure that your Ubuntu system is up to date. So let's update the Ubuntu packages.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
The easiest way to install Minio is by using the Golang installer. So let's start by installing Golang on your Ubuntu system.
sudo apt-get install golang
After installing Golang, download the latest version of Minio using curl.
curl https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/minio --output minio
Once you have downloaded the binary executable, you will need to make it executable.
chmod +x minio
Now, we need to create a directory where we can store the configuration data.
sudo mkdir /etc/minio
Create a user for Minio with home directory /etc/minio.
sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false minio-user
sudo chown minio-user:minio-user /etc/minio
Move the Minio binary file to /usr/local/bin to make it accessible globally.
sudo mv minio /usr/local/bin/minio
Now, let's create a systemd service for Minio.
Create a file /etc/systemd/system/minio.service with the following content.
[Unit]
Description=MinIO
Documentation=https://github.com/minio/minio
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=minio-user
Group=minio-user
PIDFile=/var/run/minio.pid
WorkingDirectory=/etc/minio
LimitNOFILE=65536
LimitNPROC=4096
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_SYS_PTRACE
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
PrivateDevices=true
PrivateTmp=true
ProtectSystem=full
ProtectHome=true
NoNewPrivileges=true
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/minio server http://localhost:9000/data
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
After creating the minio.service file, reload the systemd service.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Now, start the Minio service.
sudo systemctl start minio
And enable the Minio service to start automatically on system startup.
sudo systemctl enable minio
After installing Minio on Ubuntu Server, you can access its web-based UI to manage your object storage.
By default, the Minio web interface runs on port 9000. To access the web UI, open your web browser and enter the server's IP address or domain name followed by the port number, like http://IP_ADDRESS:9000.
You should see the Minio login page. Enter your access and secret keys to log in to the Minio web UI.
After login, you can manage your object storage through the Minio UI.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Minio on Ubuntu Server Latest. Minio is a great solution for managing your object storage, and its powerful web UI makes it easy to manage your data effectively.
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