# MinIO

> The open source object storage service
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[Min.IO](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc/mc-mb.html): S3-Compatible Open-Source Multi-Cloud Object Storage designed to be scalable, secure, and handy.
It has native multi-node multi-driver HA support and can store documents, pictures, videos, and backups. It's an [optional module](/docs/intro/module) in Pigsty.

You can use MinIO as an optional PostgreSQL [backup](/docs/pgsql/backup) storage repo, in addition to the default local posix FS repo. If the MinIO repo is used,
the `MINIO` module should be installed before any [`PGSQL`](/docs/pgsql/) modules. MinIO requires a trusted CA to work, so you have to install it after [`NODE`](/docs/node/).

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**Configuration**


        Configure minio module, and use multiple minio nodes.



**Parameters**


        Customize minio components with 15 parameters



**Administration**


        Create, remove, expand, shrink, upgrade minio cluster



**Playbooks**


        Ansible playbooks that can be used in this module



**Monitoring**


        Dashboards, metrics, record & alerting rules.



**Usage**


        How to use the mcli and configure backup repo

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Section pages:

- [Usage](/docs/minio/usage/): Get started with MinIO and MCli, how to access the MinIO service?
- [Configure](/docs/minio/config/): Define SNSD, SNMD, MNMD MinIO Clusters
- [Parameter](/docs/minio/param/): Customize MinIO parameters
- [Administration](/docs/minio/admin/): Create, remove, expand, shrink, upgrade minio cluster
- [Playbook](/docs/minio/playbook/): control primitives
- [Monitor](/docs/minio/monitor/): monitor MinIO clusters
- [FAQ](/docs/minio/faq/): frequently asked questions