Hi all, How about https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs?
I’m starting to evaluate whether it is a feasible alternative to MinIO but the work hasn’t started. Best, CG > On 9 Jan 2026, at 08:55, Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi François, > > I could not find any mention of STS / AssumeRole in GarageHQ docs (really > quick looks), so I assume it does not support STS... Do you know for sure? > > STS is pretty important for ease of use in Polaris getting started (i.e. > setup without STS is more involved). > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM Francois Papon <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> About other solutions, I made some test to evaluate GaragHQ as an >> alternative to MinIO: >> >> https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/ >> >> I don't know if all the required functionnalities used by Polaris are >> provided but for the test/quickstart part may be it can do the job. >> >> regards, >> >> François >> >>> Le 08/01/2026 à 16:35, Adam Christian a écrit : >>> Thanks, folks! Great points! I do like the idea of using something other >>> than MinIO. >>> >>> My only 2 cents: For the quickstart docker compose file, I believe that >> we >>> should use object storage that can be automatically configured without >>> having to put in credentials. The goal of the quickstart is to have >> anyone >>> who has Docker running locally to be able to launch a non-production >>> version of Polaris through a single command. It's targeted for users who >>> are just learning about Polaris. So, in my opinion, this rules out AWS >> S3. >>> >>> As long as we meet that criteria, I do think that changing would be >>> appropriate. Thanks for bringing this up! >>> >>> Go community, >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Apache Ozone works well, AFAIK [1] but it certainly requires more setup >>>> work than MinIO. >>>> >>>> WDYT about RustFS? [2] >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> >>>> >> https://polaris.apache.org/in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/creating-a-catalog/s3/catalog-ozone/ >>>> >>>> [2] https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Dmitri. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 8:46 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Yong, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. >>>>> >>>>> I agree with your assessment regarding the recent changes to MinIO OSS. >>>> We >>>>> could evaluate Apache Ozone as a potential alternative; while STS might >>>>> require more changes, I believe it’s worth investigating. >>>>> >>>>> In the short term, we could update the quickstart guide to use AWS S3 >>>> while >>>>> we wait to finalize the Ozone integration. >>>>> About Ceph, that's a good idea, assuming we have the same kind of >>>>> layout/experience. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> JB >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM Yong Zheng <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> We have MinIO support as S3 compatible storage and this is great as it >>>>>> allows users to quickly test out Apache Polaris as a catalog and write >>>>> to a >>>>>> S3 compatible storage. However, as MinIO is now under maintenance mode >>>>> only >>>>>> for OSS (https://github.com/minio/minio?tab=readme-ov-file), we won't >>>> be >>>>>> able to get updated images from public image registry, should we >>>> consider >>>>>> switch our primary getting-start example to non-MinIO one instead (the >>>>>> current one is MinIO as backend: >>>>>> >>>> >> https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/main/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose.yml >>>>> )? >>>>>> Without doing so, users will be likely pulling down outdated MinIO >>>> images >>>>>> with critical CVEs couple months later for their local setup to play >>>>>> around. If using outdated MinIO is a concern as the getting-start >>>>> example, >>>>>> maybe we should switch to the Ceph one ( >>>>>> >>>> >> https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/main/getting-started/ceph/docker-compose.yml >>>>> ) >>>>>> but updated it to match the same layout? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Yong Zheng >>>>>> >>
