MinIO

Endless Lifecycle Support (ELS) for MinIO from TuxCare provides security fixes for MinIO versions that have reached their end of life. This allows you to continue running MinIO without vulnerability concerns, even after official support has ended.

Supported MinIO Versions

MinIO RELEASE.2025-10-15T17-29-55Z

Supported Architectures

TuxCare provides ELS for MinIO as pre-built Linux binaries for the following architectures:

amd64
arm64

Installation

Prerequisites

Nexus repository access credentials (username and password) — contact sales@tuxcare.com
To browse available artifacts, visit TuxCare Nexus and click Sign in in the top right corner. You may need to refresh the page after logging in.

Browse and download from Nexus
Visit TuxCare Nexus and sign in with your credentials. Navigate to the minio folder and download the archive that matches your architecture.
Or download from the command line
Choose architecture:
```
curl -u USERNAME:PASSWORD -O https://nexus.repo.tuxcare.com/repository/els-golang/minio/minio_linux_amd64-2025.10.15T17.29.55Z-tuxcare.5.tar.gz
```
Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your TuxCare credentials, and choose the URL that matches your architecture.
Extract the archive
Create an installation directory (for example /opt/minio) and extract.
```
sudo mkdir -p /opt/minio
sudo tar -xzf minio_linux_amd64-2025.10.15T17.29.55Z-tuxcare.5.tar.gz -C /opt/minio --strip-components=1
```
Adjust the archive filename for your architecture.
Verify the installation
Change to the installation directory and run the binary to confirm the TuxCare ELS build.
```
cd /opt/minio
./minio --version
```
Start MinIO
Start the MinIO server with your configuration and verify that it runs correctly.