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Self-Hosting MinIO: S3-Compatible Object Storage

MinIO provides S3-compatible object storage on your own server. Store files, backups, and media with the S3 API you already know.

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What Is MinIO?


MinIO is an S3-compatible object storage server. Any application that works with AWS S3 works with MinIO — just change the endpoint URL.


Why Self-Host Object Storage?


  • Store backups without S3 egress fees
  • Keep data on your own infrastructure
  • Use S3-compatible tools and SDKs
  • No per-request pricing

    • Features


    S3 Compatibility

  • Full S3 API implementation
  • Bucket policies and ACLs
  • Pre-signed URLs
  • Multipart uploads
  • Versioning
  • Lifecycle policies

    • Performance

  • Written in Go, optimized for high throughput
  • Erasure coding for data protection
  • Bitrot detection
  • Multi-drive and multi-node configurations

    • Security

  • Encryption at rest (SSE-S3, SSE-C, SSE-KMS)
  • TLS encryption in transit
  • IAM policies
  • Bucket-level access control

    • Management

  • Web console
  • mc CLI tool
  • Prometheus metrics
  • Audit logging

    • Use Cases


  • Backup storage for Restic, Kopia, Duplicati
  • Media storage for Immich, Nextcloud
  • Artifact storage for CI/CD
  • Data lake for analytics
  • Any app needing S3-compatible storage

    • Deployment


    1. Deploy MinIO on TinyPod

    2. Create buckets

    3. Generate access keys

    4. Point your apps to MinIO


    Resources: 1 CPU, 512 MB RAM (scales with storage).


    MinIO gives you S3 without AWS. Every tool in the S3 ecosystem works with MinIO — no code changes needed.