MinIO Operator Console

Connect to the Operator Console

Port Forwarding

Note

Some Kubernetes deployments may experience issues with timeouts during port-forwarding operations with the Operator Console. Select the NodePorts section to view instructions for alternative access. You can alternatively configure your preferred Ingress to grant access to the Operator Console service. See https://github.com/kubernetes/kubectl/issues/1368 for more information.

Run the kubectl minio proxy command to temporarily forward traffic from the MinIO Operator Console service to your local machine:

kubectl minio proxy

The command output includes a required token for logging into the Operator Console.

You can deploy a new MinIO Tenant from the Operator Dashboard.

kubectl get svc/console -n minio-operator -o json | jq -r '.spec.ports'

[
   {
      "name": "http",
      "nodePort": 31055,
      "port": 9090,
      "protocol": "TCP",
      "targetPort": 9090
   },
   {
      "name": "https",
      "nodePort": 31388,
      "port": 9443,
      "protocol": "TCP",
      "targetPort": 9443
   }
]

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

Tenant Management

The MinIO Operator Console supports deploying, managing, and monitoring MinIO Tenants on the Kubernetes cluster.

You can deploy a MinIO Tenant through the Operator Console.

The Operator Console automatically detects MinIO Tenants deployed on the cluster when provisioned through:

• Operator Console

• MinIO Kubernetes Plugin

• Helm

• Kustomize

Select a listed tenant to open an in-browser view of that tenant’s MinIO Console. You can use this view to directly manage, modify, expand, upgrade, and delete the tenant through the Operator UI.

Tenant Registration

MinIO SUBNET users relying on the commercial license should register the MinIO tenants to their SUBNET account, which can be done through the Operator Console.

1. Select the Register tab

2. Enter the API Key

   You can obtain the key from MinIO SUBNET through the Console by selecting Get from SUBNET.

Review Your MinIO License

To review which license you are using and the features available through different license options, select the License tab.

MinIO supports two licenses: AGPLv3 Open Source or a MinIO Commercial License. Subscribers to MinIO SUBNET use MinIO under a commercial license.

You can also Subscribe from the License screen.