}

// performs a http request to remote endpoint to check if deployment id of remote endpoint is same as
// local cluster deployment id. This is to prevent replication to self, especially in case of a loadbalancer
// in front of MinIO.
func checkRemoteEndpoint(ctx context.Context, epURL *url.URL) error {
	reqURL := &url.URL{
		Scheme: epURL.Scheme,
		Host:   epURL.Host,