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MinIO Server - Docker Compose & NGINX reverse proxy

My basic example for a MinIO server

Docker Compose

version: '3'

services:
    minio:
        image: minio/minio:latest
        volumes:
            - /data/my-fancy-local-storage:/data
        ports:
        	# I use an NGINX reverse proxy, so these ports are only exposed
            # to the loopback adapter on the host server.
            - "127.0.0.1:9000:9000"
            - "127.0.0.1:9001:9001"
        environment:
            MINIO_ROOT_USER: <REDACTED>
            MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: <REDACTED>
            MINIO_SERVER_URL: https://s3.example.com
            MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT_URL: https://s3-manage.example.com
            MINIO_DOMAIN: s3.example.com
        command: server --console-address :9001 /data
        healthcheck:
            test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio:9000/minio/health/live"]
            interval: 1m30s
            timeout: 20s
            retries: 3
            start_period: 3m
        restart: unless-stopped

NGINX - Management console

Slightly tweaked as I use a lot of alias configs. This variant is conslidated into a singular configuration.

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name s3-manage.example.com;
    root /var/www/html;

    ssl_certificate /srv/ssl/minio/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /srv/ssl/minio/key.pem;

    server_tokens off;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
    # You'll have to generate DH Parameters yourself
    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparams.pem;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 1d;
    ssl_session_tickets off;

    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";

    # To allow special characters in headers
    ignore_invalid_headers off;
    # Allow any size file to be uploaded.
    # Set to a value such as 1000m; to restrict file size to a specific value
    client_max_body_size 0;
    # To disable buffering
    proxy_buffering off;

    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; preload";

    index index.html index.htm;

    charset utf-8;

    location / {
        satisfy any;
        # For whitelisting IPs
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;

        # auth_basic "Restricted Access";
        # auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/.htpasswd-minio;

        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9001;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        proxy_connect_timeout 300;
        # Default is HTTP/1, keepalive is only enabled in HTTP/1.1
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Connection "";
        chunked_transfer_encoding off;
    }

    location /ws {
        satisfy any;
        # For whitelisting IPs
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;

        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9001;

        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        chunked_transfer_encoding off;
    }

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    access_log /var/log/nginx/s3-manage.example.com-access.log combined;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/s3-manage.example.com-error.log error;

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

NGINX - For uploads/downloads

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
    # The leading period here is important to support virtualhost style vs. path style
    # E.g. `bucket-name.s3.example.com` instead of `s3.example.com/bucket-name`
    server_name .s3.example.com;
    root /var/www/html;

    ssl_certificate /srv/ssl/minio/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /srv/ssl/minio/key.pem;

    server_tokens off;

    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
    ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
    # You'll have to generate DH Parameters yourself
    ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparams.pem;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_timeout 1d;
    ssl_session_tickets off;

    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";

    # To allow special characters in headers
    ignore_invalid_headers off;
    # Allow any size file to be uploaded.
    # Set to a value such as 1000m; to restrict file size to a specific value
    client_max_body_size 0;
    # To disable buffering
    proxy_buffering off;

    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; preload";

    index index.html index.htm;

    charset utf-8;

    location / {
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;

        proxy_connect_timeout 300;
        # Default is HTTP/1, keepalive is only enabled in HTTP/1.1
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Connection "";
        chunked_transfer_encoding off;

        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:9000;
    }

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    access_log /var/log/nginx/s3.example.com-access.log combined;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/s3.example.com-error.log error;

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}