MinIO#

Lithops with MinIO storage backend.

Installation#

  1. Install MinIO.

  2. Create a new user.

  3. Create a new bucket (e.g. lithops-data). Remember to update the corresponding Lithops config field with this bucket name.

Configuration#

  1. Edit your lithops config file and add the following keys:

    lithops:
        storage: minio

    minio:
        endpoint: <ENDPOINT_URL>
        access_key_id: <ACCESS_KEY>
        secret_access_key: <SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>

Summary of configuration keys for MinIO#

Group

Key

Default

Mandatory

Additional info

minio

endpoint

yes

The host ip adress where you installed the Ceph server. Must start with http:// or https://

minio

access_key_id

yes

Account user access key

minio

secret_access_key

yes

Account user secret access key

minio

session_token

no

Session token for temporary AWS credentials

minio

storage_bucket

no

The name of a bucket that exists in you account. This will be used by Lithops for intermediate data. Lithops will automatically create a new one if it is not provided