# How to monitor MinIO server with Grafana [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)

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## Prerequisites

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To show help on setting compression config values.

```bash
~ mc admin config set myminio compression
```

To enable compression for all content, no matter the extension and content type
(except for the default excluded types) set BOTH extensions and mime types to empty.

```bash
~ mc admin config set myminio compression enable="on" extensions="" mime_types=""
```