Cluster Management

MinIO KMS provides a comprehensive set of command-line tools for managing distributed KMS clusters. The minkms binary includes commands for server lifecycle operations, cluster topology management, backup and restore capabilities, and diagnostics.

Use these commands to deploy, scale, monitor, and maintain highly available MinIO KMS clusters across multiple nodes. All cluster management operations require appropriate administrative privileges and authenticate using API keys.

Server lifecycle

Command	Description
minkms server	Start a KMS server.
minkms restart	Restart cluster servers.

Cluster topology management

Command	Description
minkms add	Add a node to a cluster.
minkms ls	List cluster nodes.
minkms edit	Edit the cluster configuration.
minkms stat	Print cluster status information.
minkms rm	Remove a node from a cluster.

State management

Command	Description
minkms backup	Backup the cluster state.
minkms restore	Restore the cluster state from a backup.

Diagnostics and monitoring

Command	Description
minkms env	Print KMS environment variables.
minkms logs	Print KMS server logs.
minkms pprof	Profile KMS server performance.

For a complete list of commands while in the CLI, use minkms help.