minio/docs/config

Minio Server config.json (v18) Guide

Minio server stores all its configuration data in ${HOME}/.minio/config.json file by default. Following sections provide detailed explanation of each fields and how to customize them. A complete example of config.json is available here

Configuration Directory

The default configuration directory is ${HOME}/.minio. You can override the default configuration directory using --config-dir command-line option. 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
└── config.json

Configuration Fields

Version

Field	Type	Description
version	string	version determines the configuration file format. Any older version will be 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 5 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 set to ``. 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

Browser

Field	Type	Description
browser	string	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

Field	Type	Description
domain	string	Enable virtual-host-style requests i.e http://bucket.mydomain.com/object

By default, Minio supports path-style requests which look like http://mydomain.com/bucket/object. MINIO_DOMAIN environmental variable (or domain in config.json) can be used to enable virtual-host-style requests. If the request Host header matches with (.+).mydomain.com then the mattched 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

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.mqtt		Configure to publish Minio events via MQTT target.
notify.elasticsearch		Configure to publish Minio events via Elasticsearch target.
notify.redis		Configure to publish Minio events via Redis target.
notify.nats		Configure to publish Minio events via NATS 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.

Explore Further

• Minio Quickstart Guide