Mounting Minio for CloudBerry Drive
Problem
You have MinIO S3-like storage and would like to mount it as a disk on your Windows computer.
Resolution
In this short article, you will learn how to mount your MinIO object storage as a disk in the Windows operating system. This is useful to share files between people.
Prerequisites:
CloudBerry Drive is installed and running;
Minio Server is running on localhost on port 9000 in HTTP, follow the MinIO quickstart guide to install MinIO.
NB: You can also run MinIO in HTTPS; follow this guide along with CloudBerry Drive.
Adding Minio as a storage account in MSP360 (CloudBerry) Drive
Once MSP360 (CloudBerry) Drive is installed, you can find its icon with configuration settings in your tray (bottom right corner, near the clock). Fill in the fields accordingly (service point: your server IP with port 8000/9000, depending on your signature version; access and secret keys can be obtained from the running server console). You can activate SSL, but your server should be configured accordingly. Multipart upload allows you to split files into multiple chunks and upload them in multiple threads. It is enabled by default.
Adding a drive
Now, when you have a storage account set, you can start creating drives and map them to your Windows computer (you can even set a drive as a network share and make it available across your corporate network). Pick your settings accordingly and click OK to enable the drive.
Check your mapped drive and start manage your files
View your drive and start managing files.
