Identity management
Identity management at MinIO refers to the administration of users and groups as well as their access rights via policies in order to enable secure and finely granular access control to objects and buckets.
Requirements
- MinIO server
Create user
To create a new user, you must navigate to Identity → Users via the left sidebar. You can then create a new user in the overview using the Create User button.
\nEnter the desired user name under User Name and assign a password. Optionally, separate authorizations can be assigned during creation. Complete the process by clicking on the Save button.
Create Access Key
To create an access key, first log in to the MinIO Console with the relevant user. By clicking on the Access Keys tab in the left sidebar, you can then use the Create access key button to access the overview for setting it up.
The access key that is created using this procedure is always assigned to the user with whom you are logged into the MinIO Console. It also inherits the policies of the respective user under which it was created.
\nIn the following overview, Access Key and Secret Key are already generated automatically, but can be customized before the creation is completed, if desired. Among other things, you also have the option of setting an expiry date or restricted authorizations to prevent the policies associated with the user from being inherited.
Please save the secret key before completing the creation, as it is no longer possible to display or read it afterwards.
\nAfter you have created the access key using the Create button, MinIO offers one last chance to make a note of the secret key or to download the combination of access key and secret key as a JSON file. Otherwise, the secret key cannot be displayed or read out again later.