PD MinIO S3 lets you offer MinIO buckets through Blesta, using your MinIO server. It suits S3-compatible storage on infrastructure you operate, with the resource linked to the customer’s service.

Before you start

Install PD Modules for Blesta first, connect the account that holds your licence, then install PD MinIO S3 from its Store. Allow the staff group that needs to use it.

You also need a prepared MinIO server and credentials authorised for bucket and customer-access management. Check the provider account’s permissions, available locations and capacity before enabling automatic provisioning.

Connect the account

In Settings → Company → Modules, find the installed module, choose Manage and add its account connection. Blesta calls this a module row. Keep this provider connection separate from the package settings.

Define what the customer receives

Create a package using PD MinIO S3 and review its Module Options and configurable options. Start with Default quota, Default max buckets and Default versioning. Together these describe the resource requested when a service is provisioned; they are not just labels on the order form.

Review hard and soft quota behaviour for your MinIO setup before offering a storage limit. A reporting limit and an enforced upload limit are different.

Choose which client controls the package exposes. If you offer configurable options, check that their values match the module’s supported choices and that the defaults describe the service you intend to sell.

Put the service into use

Add the package group to the intended order form when it is ready. Blesta creates the service before provisioning completes; check the service state and ensure the normal cron is running for subsequent updates.

Check the first service

Review the bucket or container, endpoint, access details and recorded usage. Use an authorised small test file to check the customer connection before offering the service more widely.

Creating a real service creates provider resources and can incur provider charges. Review the configuration first; use your normal controlled test process for the first provisioning rather than making an order solely to browse the settings.

Explore the module

See the PD MinIO S3 for Blesta module page for the current product details.

MinIO S3 task guides

• Connect a MinIO server to PD MinIO S3 in Blesta
• Create a MinIO storage package in Blesta
• Configure MinIO storage options and quotas in Blesta
• Use the correct MinIO API endpoint and TLS settings in Blesta
• Connect an S3-compatible tool to MinIO storage from Blesta
• Rotate MinIO storage credentials in Blesta
• Create an additional MinIO storage bucket from Blesta
• Delete an empty additional MinIO bucket from Blesta
• Enable or suspend MinIO object versioning from Blesta
• Configure MinIO object expiration rules from Blesta
• Create an expiring MinIO download link from Blesta
• Create a MinIO PUT upload link from Blesta
• Check and refresh MinIO storage usage in Blesta
• Resolve a MinIO storage quota upload pause in Blesta
• Suspend and restore MinIO storage access in Blesta
• Configure MinIO storage retention before cancellation in Blesta
• Recover retained MinIO storage after cancellation in Blesta
• Approve or hold permanent MinIO storage deletion in Blesta
• Check MinIO bucket and service drift in Blesta
• Troubleshoot MinIO storage provisioning in Blesta