MinIO on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

What's included

• Full S3 API compatibility (works with aws-cli, SDKs, rclone)
• Built from SILO, the maintained fork of MinIO (github.com/pgsty/silo, AGPL-3.0): carries the security fixes upstream community MinIO no longer ships, including CVE-2026-41145 and CVE-2026-40344
• Web console for buckets, users, policies, and access keys
• Unique per-VM root credential generated at first boot
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with automatic security updates
• Trusted Launch: Secure Boot + vTPM supported
• Attach data disks to scale capacity independently of compute

Quick start

1. Deploy from the Azure Marketplace (Get It Now → Create), choosing your SSH key at the Administration step.
2. Allow inbound SSH (22) for yourself plus the application port(s): 9001 (Console) to your IP; 9000 (S3 API) to your clients — restrict to your own IP where possible. The in-image firewall already allows them; only the Network Security Group (NSG) keeps them closed.
3. Open the MinIO Console at http://<VM-IP>:9001/ and sign in with the generated root user (see First login below).
4. Create your first bucket and an access key in the Console (or with `mc admin accesskey create` on the VM); point S3 clients at http://<VM-IP>:9000/.

Get your admin password (one time)

ssh <your-username>@<VM-IP>
sudo cat /var/lib/minio-firstboot-credentials

The root user is per-VM (minioadmin-xxxxxxxx), not `admin`; both lines are in the file. Point S3 clients at http://<VM-IP>:9000/ with an access key from the Console or `mc admin accesskey create`.