## Metrics Request Handling

Each endpoint below can be queried at different intervals as needed via a scrape configuration in Prometheus or a compatible metrics collection tool.

For ease of configuration, each (non-empty) parent of the path serves all metric endpoints that are at descendant paths. For example, to query all system metrics one needs to only scrape `/minio/metrics/v3/system/`.

You can also connect using any S3-compatible tool, such as the MinIO Client `mc` commandline tool. See
[Test using MinIO Client `mc`](#test-using-minio-client-mc) for more information on using the `mc` commandline tool. For application developers,
see <https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/developers/minio-drivers.html> to view MinIO SDKs for supported languages.

root credentials. You can use the Browser to create buckets, upload objects, and browse the contents of the MinIO server. You can also connect using any S3-compatible tool, such as the MinIO Client `mc` commandline tool. See [Test using MinIO Client `mc`](#test-using-minio-client-mc) for more information on using the `mc` commandline tool. For application developers, see <https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/developers/minio-drivers.html> to view MinIO SDKs for supported languages. > NOTE: Standalone MinIO...