Start a MinIO (AIStor) server in a container for local S3 testing
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Documented steps
Pull and run the official image: docker run -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 quay.io/minio/minio server /data --console-address :9001 (or use podman in rootless mode).
Pass a root user and root password via the MINIO_ROOT_USER and MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD environment variables (or MINIO_ROOT_USER_FILE/MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE to read them from a file).
Persist data by mounting a host directory or named volume at /data; the server stores buckets and objects there.
Port 9000 serves the S3 API (all S3 SDKs/tools); port 9001 serves the web Console admin UI.
Verify with a browser at http://localhost:9001 using the root credentials, or curl http://localhost:9000/minio/health/live.
For a single-node non-container install, run the minio binary with the same server command and root-user env vars.
Known gotchas
The root credentials must be at least 8 characters long or the server refuses to start.
Data under /data is lost unless you mount persistent storage; the container filesystem is ephemeral.
Serves the S3 API so existing S3 clients/boto3 work unchanged by pointing them at localhost:9000.
Official docs: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/index.html (container install) and https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/install-deploy-manage/deploy-minio-single-node.html
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