MinIO
Plan snapshot
MinIO
SELF-HOSTBYO
- Free storage / trial
- No provider quota; storage equals your own disks or infrastructure.
- Separate limits
- Costs depend on your server, drives, network, backups, and redundancy model.
- Billing trigger
- Self-hosted software; you pay for infrastructure rather than a cloud storage subscription.
- Best fit
- Homelab, on-prem, or private S3-compatible deployments.
Cost hygiene:Budget for redundancy and backup, not just raw disk size; free software does not make storage failure free.
Checked 2026-05-13: MinIO documentation
MinIO is a self-hosted S3-compatible object storage server. AeroFTP supports MinIO through a built-in MinIO preset and through generic S3-compatible setup.
Why Use AeroFTP with MinIO
- Desktop GUI for self-hosted object storage
- Good fit for homelabs, internal infrastructure, and on-prem deployments
- Saved profiles for multiple endpoints or environments
- Same app for MinIO, AWS S3, Wasabi, R2, and other object storage providers
What You Need
- your MinIO endpoint
- your access key
- your secret key
- your bucket name
Typical endpoint examples:
http://minio.local:9000https://s3.internal.example.com
How to Connect
- Open AeroFTP.
- Select MinIO from the S3 provider presets.
- Enter your access key and secret key.
- Enter your bucket name.
- Enter the MinIO endpoint.
- Keep path-style access enabled if the preset uses it.
- Connect and save the profile.
Recommended Defaults
- use path-style addressing
- use
us-east-1unless your deployment requires a different region value - keep the endpoint exact, including scheme and port if needed
Troubleshooting
| Problem | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Invalid endpoint | Missing scheme or wrong port | Include http:// or https:// and the correct port |
| Signature mismatch | Wrong secret key or incompatible endpoint value | Recheck credentials and endpoint format |
| Bucket not found | Wrong bucket name | Verify the bucket in the MinIO console |