MinIO on Ubuntu 24.04

## MinIO on Ubuntu 24.04 by cloudimg

MinIO on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), purpose built for Microsoft Azure and maintained by cloudimg. MinIO is the de facto open source S3 compatible object storage system, with a battle tested management console, the mc command line client, and a wire compatible S3 API that works with every aws-sdk in production.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response for all requests and one hour average for critical issues. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre configured, security patched, and validated before publication

* Azure Native Integration Built with Azure Linux Agent, cloud init, and Gen2 Hyper V support

* Per VM Root Credential Generation Both the MINIO_ROOT_USER and MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD are rotated uniquely at first boot and written to /stage/scripts/minio-credentials.log. No two virtual machines ever share root credentials

What is Included

* MinIO server installed from the official dl.min.io .deb (latest stable)

* mc client at /usr/local/bin/mc for command line admin tasks

* minio-firstboot.service systemd oneshot that rotates the root user and password

* minio.service systemd unit auto starting on boot

* Single drive data directory at /mnt/minio-data (suitable for development and staging — production should use multi node erasure coded sets)

* Listeners: TCP 9000 (S3 API) and TCP 9001 (Web Console)

* Bound to all interfaces by default; NSG controls actual reach

* Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base with latest security patches applied at build time

* Azure Linux Agent for seamless cloud integration and SSH key injection

Use Cases

* Drop in S3 replacement for application stacks that need a private object store

* Backup and restore target for Velero, Restic, BorgBackup, Duplicati, and any S3 compatible client

* Asset hosting for application servers that prefer object storage over local disk (Django, Rails, Laravel, Node, Go)

* Data lake landing zone for downstream Spark, Trino, ClickHouse, and DuckDB analytics workloads

* CI/CD artifact store as an alternative to GitHub Packages or Azure Artifacts

* Media library for static image, video, and audio assets behind a CDN

Technical Specifications

* Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

* MinIO Version: latest stable from dl.min.io

* mc Client: latest from dl.min.io

* Data Directory: /mnt/minio-data

* Ports: 9000 (S3 API), 9001 (Web Console)

* Default User: azureuser (sudo enabled)

* Service Management: systemd (minio.service, minio-firstboot.service)

* Recommended Size: Standard_B2s for development; Standard_D2s_v3 with attached Premium SSD data disk for production

* VM Generation: Hyper V Gen2 with UEFI boot

Production Notes

This image deploys MinIO in single node, single drive mode — appropriate for development, staging, and small workloads. Production deployments should:

* Use multi node erasure coded sets across at least 4 disks (MinIO will not start with fewer than 4 drives in a coded set)

* Front MinIO with TLS at a reverse proxy (Nginx, Caddy, Apache, or an Azure Application Gateway)

* Restrict the console port (9001) to admin networks only via NSG

Support

cloudimg provides 24/7/365 expert technical support. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk or visit www.cloudimg.co.uk for the latest documentation and deployment guides.