Install with Docker

Run MinIO Sidekick as a container using Docker or Podman.

Pull image

Pull the latest MinIO Sidekick container image from Quay.io:

docker pull quay.io/minio/sidekick:v7.0.0

The image supports multiple architectures including amd64 and arm64.

Run container

Start MinIO Sidekick as a container, forwarding requests to backend servers:

docker run -d \
  --name sidekick \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  quay.io/minio/sidekick:v7.0.0 \
  --health-path=/minio/health/ready \
  http://minio1:9000 http://minio2:9000 http://minio3:9000 http://minio4:9000

The container listens on port 8080 and forwards requests to the specified backend servers.

Verify container

Check the container status:

docker ps --filter name=sidekick

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                          COMMAND                  STATUS
abc123def456   quay.io/minio/sidekick:v7.0.0  "sidekick --health-p…"   Up 2 minutes

Use with Podman

Replace docker with podman in the commands above. Podman provides a drop-in replacement for Docker with identical command syntax.