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MinIO Operator with Helm3

Introduction​

We show how to deploy a Kubernetes cluster and set a MinIO Operator with Helm 3.

MinIO is a high-performance, S3 compatible object store. It is built for large scale AI/ML, data lake and database workloads. Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes that allows developers and operators to more easily package, configure, and deploy applications and services onto Kubernetes clusters.

Prerequisites​

Create an SSH Tunnel​

To access the MinIO Operator, we need to create an SSH tunnel with the port 9090.

  • Open a terminal and create an SSH tunnel 
    ssh -4 -L 9090:127.0.0.1:9090 root@<VM_IP>

Simply leave this window open and follow the next steps.

Set the VM​

We set the Master VM to access the minIO Operator.

  • Install the prerequisites: 
    apt update
    apt install git -y
    apt install wget
    apt install jq -y
  • Install Helm 
    wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.14.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz
    tar -xvf helm-v3.14.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz
    mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin/helm
  • Install yq 
    wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.43.1/yq_linux_amd64.tar.gz
    tar -xvf yq_linux_amd64.tar.gz
    mv yq_linux_amd64 /usr/bin/yq

Set MinIO​

We can then set the MinIO Operator. For this step, we mainly follow the MinIO documentation here.

  • Add the MinIO repo 
    helm repo add minio-operator https://operator.min.io
  • Validate the MinIO repo content 
    helm search repo minio-operator
  • Install the operator 
    helm install \
    --namespace minio-operator \
    --create-namespace \
    operator minio-operator/operator
  • Verify the operator installation 
    kubectl get all -n minio-operator

Access the MinIO Operator​

You can then access the MinIO Operator on your local browser (port 9090)

localhost:9090

To log in the MinIO Operator, you will need to enter the token. To see the token, run the following line:

kubectl get secret/console-sa-secret -n minio-operator -o json | jq -r ".data.token" | base64 -d

Enter the token on the login page:

You then have access to the MinIO Operator:

Questions and Feedback​

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