How to generate MinIO bearer-token ?

STEP 1:

Download MinIO Client cli

To download mc cli, execute the following commands:

wget https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc

chmod +x mc

STEP 2:

Add host to application

To add host to your application execute the following command:

mc config host add <ALIAS> <YOUR-MINIO-ENDPOINT> <YOUR-ACCESS-KEY> <YOUR-SECRET-KEY>

To know the steps to retrieve your ACCESS-KEY and SECRET-KEY click here. 

Example Command:

./mc config host add test-minio http://35.222.65.164:32701 minio minio111

STEP 3:

Generate Prometheus config for the alias

mc admin prometheus generate <alias_provided_in_previous_steps>

Example Command:

./mc admin prometheus generate test-minio

The above command would display an output as shown below. This contains a bearer token that can be used to enable analytics.

Sample Output:

scrape_configs:
- job_name: minio-job
  bearer_token: eyJhbGciOiJIjdcjhvjvjvvjCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjQ3MzUxNzkyNDksImlzcyI6InByb21ldGhldXMiLCJzdWIiOiJtaW5pbyJ9._0_zWBaqi1nZemkg7G3JHjdo3ZwFNlHuNlGspj3MzsuzKAtKZ11Y4HSYhnzBMgLeR5GnqUmCwn7R0csYGXiwtQ
  metrics_path: /minio/prometheus/metrics
  scheme: http
  static_configs:
  - targets: ['35.222.65.164:32701']