Scope/Description

• This article details the installation process of MinIO on Ubuntu 20.04.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Internet Access to System
• Text Editor Installed on System

Steps

• Download MinIO scripts onto the system.

curl -LO http://images.45drives.com/setup/minio-install.sh

• Edit the MinIO script. Make the changes in the image below with for the customers specific case.

vim minio-install.sh

• Make the script executable then run the MinIO Script wait for installation.

chown +x minio-install.sh
./minio-install.sh

• Restart the MinIO service and check the status to confirm it is running

systemctl restart minio

systemctl status minio

• When complete login to the MinIO UI at UI at https://SERVER-IP:9000, default access key and secret key is minioadmin as default.

• To change the access key and secret key you have to edit the minio.conf.

cd /opt/minio 
vim minio.conf

• Then add the following text, to edit the secret key and access key.

MINIO_ACCESS_KEY="accesskey"
MINIO_SECRET_KEY="secretkey"

Verification

• To verify I will connect with a Windows 10 system using Cyberduck.
• On the Cyberduck software, click “Open Connection”. Then fill out information below, S3 (HTTP), IP Address. Port: 9000, access key, and secret access key.
• Once you connect on Cyberduck, try to create a folder to ensure the connection is working.

• Verify on the server the folder was created.

Troubleshooting