Installing and setting up MinIO Client

MinIO Client (mc) is a command-line tool that allows you to manage your s3 projects, providing a modern alternative to UNIX commands.

1. Follow the instructions given in the official MinIO documentation here to install the MinIO client (mc) for your OS.

   For example, on Linux:

   wget https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc
   chmod +x mc
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   Note:

   Make sure that you download the binary somewhere that is in your $PATH.

2. Run mc --help to check it has installed.

3. Follow the instructions in the MinIO quickstart guide to add a cloud storage service:

   mc alias set <ALIAS> <YOUR-S3-ENDPOINT> <YOUR-ACCESS-KEY> <YOUR-SECRET-KEY> --api <API-SIGNATURE>
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   For example, if your Scaleway Object Storage endpoint is in the fr-par region, you can use the following command (replace the two fields in pointy brackets with your access key and secret key):

   mc alias set s3 https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud <YOUR-ACCESS-KEY> <YOUR-SECRET-KEY> --api S3v4
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4. You should now be able to run some basic commands, eg:

   • List all your buckets at the endpoint you configured in the previous step, via:

     mc ls s3
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   • List all objects in a given bucket, via:

     mc ls s3/<your-bucket-name>
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   • Remove an object from a bucket, via:

     mc rm s3/<your-bucket-name>/1.pdf
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   …and all commands detailed via mc --help .