MinIO Community version 2.0 is going back to be an object browser only

MinIO Community version 2.0 is going back to be an object browser only(github.com)

43 points by itherseed 357 days ago | 17 comments

itherseed 357 days ago |

In a move that reminiscent of the change of Redis, they removed all the functionality of the UI of the community version and pointed to the paid version.

From the Changelog: (https://github.com/minio/object-browser/blob/master/CHANGELO...)

"Deprecated support of accounts & policies management, this can be managed by using mc admin commands.

Deprecated support of bucket management, this can be managed by using mc commands.

Deprecated support of configuration management, this can be managed by using mc admin config commands. Please refer to the MinIO Client for more information.Deprecated support of accounts & policies management, this can be managed by using mc admin commands.

Deprecated support of bucket management, this can be managed by using mc commands.

Deprecated support of configuration management, this can be managed by using mc admin config commands. "

This PR that removes away all the features in the UI: https://github.com/minio/object-browser/pull/3509 . The discussion around this PR is locked.

I think that "Deprecated support" has another meaning. I hate when this kind of things happens.

roygbiv2 357 days ago | |

Oh good I'll look forward to migrating away from this in the near future then.

elashri 357 days ago |

Someone is already forked to the last version befote changes [1] but not sure about the potential project future or if it is going to gain traction.

Also any alternative that people are using that is similar?

[1] https://github.com/OpenMaxIO/openmaxio-object-browser

jacksgt 357 days ago |

Which software are folks using to run self-hosted / on-premises S3? I'm looking to replace MinIO in my homelab and would like to keep a S3 management UI.

KronisLV 357 days ago | |

Some that I've seen:

SeaweedFS: https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs (Apache 2.0)

Garage: https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage (AGPL)

Zenko: https://github.com/scality/Zenko (Apache 2.0)

remram 356 days ago | | |

But which ones have a management UI?

stuaxo 357 days ago | |

It's great when building software and testing locally, e.g. in a docker setup.

egorfine 357 days ago |

Bear in mind that actual features are NOT going away, it's just the web-based UI that has been removed with `mc` command staying intact.

diggan 353 days ago | |

> Bear in mind that actual features are NOT going away

To many of us, having a UI is an actual feature, in so much that if there are alternatives to MinIO that comes with a UI, I'd probably move to that.

WhyNotHugo 353 days ago | |

It's an odd direction to take too.

I can see an individual or very small team using the web based GUI, but a large enterprise client would need automation that's done via the cli.

bonki 357 days ago | |

I think the changelog is pretty clear on that, but I assume for many users this is not a "just" thing and matters a lot. Enshittification started before this change, but now it's really obvious where they are heading.

egorfine 357 days ago | | |

In my personal opinion, this is a perfectly fine change. The company has to make money. Nudging corporate users (who are incapable of running `mc`) towards purchase of license to have a web UI is a nice solution, I'm all for it.

nivertech 356 days ago | |

why mc is needed at all? can't one just use aws s3 CLI with environment variable pointing to MinIO S3 backend endpoint?

cortesoft 353 days ago | | |

You can't create tenants with AWS s3 CLI

rhim 357 days ago |

Discussion on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1kva3pw/avoid_m...

bravetraveler 357 days ago |

Clinking silverware heard in the distance