README

[!NOTE]
 THIS REPOSITORY IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED.

 Alternatives:
 - AIStor Free — Full-featured, standalone edition for community use (free license)
 - AIStor Enterprise — Distributed edition with commercial support

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 MinIO Quickstart Guide

  



MinIO is a high-performance, S3-compatible object storage solution released under the GNU AGPL v3.0 license.
Designed for speed and scalability, it powers AI/ML, analytics, and data-intensive workloads with industry-leading performance.

- S3 API Compatible – Seamless integration with existing S3 tools
- Built for AI & Analytics – Optimized for large-scale data pipelines
- High Performance – Ideal for demanding storage workloads.

This README provides instructions for building MinIO from source and deploying onto baremetal hardware.
Use the MinIO Documentation project to build and host a local copy of the documentation.

 MinIO is Open Source Software

We designed MinIO as Open Source software for the Open Source software community. We encourage the community to remix, redesign, and reshare MinIO under the terms of the AGPLv3 license.

All usage of MinIO in your application stack requires validation against AGPLv3 obligations, which include but are not limited to the release of modified code to the community from which you have benefited. Any commercial/proprietary usage of the AGPLv3 software, including repackaging or reselling services/features, is done at your own risk.

The AGPLv3 provides no obligation by any party to support, maintain, or warranty the original or any modified work.
All support is provided on a best-effort basis through Github and our Slack channel, and any member of the community is welcome to contribute and assist others in their usage of the software.

MinIO AIStor includes enterprise-grade support and licensing for workloads which require commercial or proprietary usage and production-level SLA/SLO-backed support. For more information, reach out for a quote.

 Source-Only Distribution

Important: The MinIO community edition is now distributed as source code only. We will no longer provide pre-compiled binary releases for the community version.

 Installing Latest MinIO Community Edition

To use MinIO community edition, you have two options:

1. Install from source using go install github.com/minio/minio@latest (recommended)
2. Build a Docker image from the provided Dockerfile

See the sections below for detailed instructions on each method.

 Legacy Binary Releases

Historical pre-compiled binary releases remain available for reference but are no longer maintained:

- GitHub Releases: https://github.com/minio/minio/releases
- Direct downloads: https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/

These legacy binaries will not receive updates. We strongly recommend using source builds for access to the latest features, bug fixes, and security updates.

 Install from Source

Use the following commands to compile and run a standalone MinIO server from source.
If you do not have a workin

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Security

A CVE was reported Privilege Escalation via Session Policy Bypass in Service Accounts and STS and fixed in this release,

All users are advised to download and upgrade their MinIO setup immediately.

To install the latest release


go install -v github.com/minio/minio@latest


OR


go install -v github.com/minio/[email protected]


For container environments, please clone the source and build the latest container. 


git clone https://github.com/minio/minio
git checkout RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z
TAG=myregistry.com/minio/minio:RELEASE.2025-10