Create a MinIO user and attach an IAM policy with mc admin user add and mc admin policy attach

domain: min.io · 5 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps

  1. Create the user: mc admin user add myminio newuser strongpassword
  2. Attach a policy (exactly one of --user/--group required): mc admin policy attach myminio readwrite --user newuser
  3. Add more policies per need: mc admin policy attach myminio readonly --user newuser
  4. Verify access: mc alias set test https://host:9000 newuser strongpassword; mc ls test/bucket
  5. Official docs: https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-user-add.html

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