Command to use mini/mc with minio server

minio_mc.sh

# Step 1 : Start minio server with non-persistent data storage policy
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# Description: -p 9000:9000: Minio server runs on port 9000 inside the docker container, -e 9000:9000 command is exposing the internal port on
#                            on external port.
#
#              -e "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=access_key": It sets an envrionment variable inside container named as MINIO_ACCESS_KEY 
#                                                with the value provided by user. It will be used when a user wants to access
#                                                minio server 
#
#              -e "MINIO_SECRET_KEY=access_key_secret": It sets an envrionment variable inside container named as MINIO_SECRET_KEY 
#                                                with the value provided by user. It will be used when a user wants to access
#                                                minio server
#              minio/minio: It is the name of the image
# 
# Once the server has started successfully then MINIO UI can be accessed on this URL:  http://127.0.0.1:9000/
$ sudo docker run -p 9000:9000 -e "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=access_key" -e "MINIO_SECRET_KEY=access_key_secret"  minio/minio server /data

# Step 2 : Start the mc container
# Description: --net=host: It enfores the container to use the host networking.
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#              -it: run the container in the interactive mode.            
#                  
#              --entrypoint=/bin/sh: It runs /bin/sh command once the docker container is started
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#              minio/mc: It is the name of the image
#
$ sudo docker run --net=host -it --entrypoint=/bin/sh minio/mc

# Step 3: Connect mc (minio client) to minio server
# Description: It adds a new host named as minio that is running on the address [http://127.0.0.1:9000] using 
# these keys access_key and access_key_secret
$ mc config host add minio http://127.0.0.1:9000 access_key access_key_secret

# Step 4: Create a new bucket
# Description: It creates a new bucket named as newbucket on minio host
$ mc mb minio/newbucket

# Step 5: Copy a local file on minio server
# Description: It copies a file named as 123.txt to the newly created bucket named as newbucket
$ mc cp 123.txt minio/newbucket/123.txt

# Step 6: Sync the folder on minio server locally
# Description: --newer-than 7:  It filter object(s) newer than 7 days
$ mc mirror --newer-than 7  p minio/minioserverbucket