# OPA Quickstart Guide [![Slack](https://slack.minio.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.minio.io)

OPA is a lightweight general-purpose policy engine that can be co-located with MinIO server, in this document we talk about how to use OPA HTTP API to authorize requests. It can be used with any type of credentials (STS based like OpenID or LDAP, regular IAM users or service accounts).

OPA is enabled through MinIO's Access Management Plugin feature.

## Get started

## Prerequisites

Install Dex by following [Dex Getting Started Guide](https://dexidp.io/docs/getting-started/)

### Start Dex

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set in the metadata with the timestamp of replication and ResetID. For saving iops, the objects which are re-replicated are not first set to `PENDING` state.

This is a slower operation that does not use replication queues and is designed to walk the namespace and replicate objects one at a time so as not to impede server load. Ideally, resync should not be initiated for multiple buckets simultaneously - progress of the syncing can be monitored by looking at `mc replicate resync status alias/bucket...