MinIO Storage
S3-compatible storage for platform services. (Updated: January 2026). All scripts are idempotent - uses helm upgrade --install .
MinIO Image Source Change
As of October 2025, MinIO no longer provides official Docker images. Use one of these alternatives:
Option Image Notes
Chainguard (Recommended) cgr.dev/chainguard/minio
Free tier, vulnerability-free
Bitnami bitnami/minio
Community maintained
Build from source Self-built Requires Go 1.24+
Modes
Tier Mode Replicas
minimal/small standalone 1
medium/production distributed 4
Installation
See references/installation.md for deployment options:
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Standalone: Single replica for minimal/small tiers
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Distributed: 4 replicas for medium/production tiers
Integrations
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GitLab (artifacts, uploads, LFS)
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Loki (log storage)
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Backups
Reference Files
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references/installation.md - Installation overview
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references/standalone.md - Standalone mode
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references/distributed.md - Distributed mode
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references/buckets.md - Bucket management
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references/gitlab-integration.md - GitLab integration
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references/loki-integration.md - Loki integration
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references/backup-integration.md - Backup integration
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references/monitoring.md - Monitoring
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references/operations.md - Day-to-day operations