# MinIO Multi-Tenant Deployment Guide [](https://slack.min.io) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/minio/minio/) This topic provides commands to set up different configurations of hosts, nodes, and drives. The examples provided here can be used as a starting point for other configurations. 1. [Standalone Deployment](#standalone-deployment) 2. [Distributed Deployment](#distributed-deployment) 3. [Cloud Scale Deployment](#cloud-scale-deployment) ## 1. Standalone Deployment To host multiple tenants on a single machine, run one MinIO Server per tenant with a dedicated HTTPS port, configuration, and data directory. ### 1.1 Host Multiple Tenants on a Single Drive Use the following commands to host 3 tenants on a single drive: ```sh minio server --address :9001 /data/tenant1 minio server --address :9002 /data/tenant2 minio server --address :9003 /data/tenant3 ```  ### 1.2 Host Multiple Tenants on Multiple Drives (Erasure Code) Use the following commands to host 3 tenants on multiple drives: ```sh minio server --address :9001 /disk{1...4}/data/tenant1 minio server --address :9002 /disk{1...4}/data/tenant2 minio server --address :9003 /disk{1...4}/data/tenant3 ```  ## 2. Distributed Deployment To host multiple tenants in a distributed environment, run several distributed MinIO Server instances concurrently. ### 2.1 Host Multiple Tenants on Multiple Drives (Erasure Code) Use the following commands to host 3 tenants on a 4-node distributed configuration: ```sh export MINIO_ROOT_USER=<TENANT1_ACCESS_KEY> export MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=<TENANT1_SECRET_KEY> minio server --address :9001 http://192.168.10.1{1...4}/data/tenant1 export MINIO_ROOT_USER=<TENANT2_ACCESS_KEY> export MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=<TENANT2_SECRET_KEY> minio server --address :9002 http://192.168.10.1{1...4}/data/tenant2 export MINIO_ROOT_USER=<TENANT3_ACCESS_KEY> export MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=<TENANT3_SECRET_KEY> minio server --address :9003 http://192.168.10.1{1...4}/data/tenant3 ``` **Note:** Execute the commands on all 4 nodes.  **Note**: On distributed systems, root credentials are recommend to be defined by exporting the `MINIO_ROOT_USER` and `MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD` environment variables. If no value is set MinIO setup will assume `minioadmin/minioadmin` as default credentials. If a domain is required, it must be specified by defining and exporting the `MINIO_DOMAIN` environment variable. ## Cloud Scale Deployment A container orchestration platform (e.g. Kubernetes) is recommended for large-scale, multi-tenant MinIO deployments. See the [MinIO Deployment Quickstart Guide](https://min.io/docs/minio/container/index.html#quickstart-for-linux) to get started with MinIO on orchestration platforms.