# Use a check-sleep-check loop to wait for MinIO service to be available
connectToMinio() {
  SCHEME=$1
  ATTEMPTS=0 ; LIMIT=29 ; # Allow 30 attempts
  set -e ; # fail if we can't read the keys.
  ACCESS=$(cat /config/rootUser) ; SECRET=$(cat /config/rootPassword) ;
  set +e ; # The connections to minio are allowed to fail.
  echo "Connecting to MinIO server: $SCHEME://$MINIO_ENDPOINT:$MINIO_PORT" ;

# Use a check-sleep-check loop to wait for MinIO service to be available
connectToMinio() {
	SCHEME=$1
	ATTEMPTS=0
	LIMIT=29 # Allow 30 attempts
	set -e   # fail if we can't read the keys.
	ACCESS=$(cat /config/rootUser)
	SECRET=$(cat /config/rootPassword)
	set +e # The connections to minio are allowed to fail.
	echo "Connecting to MinIO server: $SCHEME://$MINIO_ENDPOINT:$MINIO_PORT"

# Use a check-sleep-check loop to wait for MinIO service to be available
connectToMinio() {
  SCHEME=$1
  ATTEMPTS=0 ; LIMIT=29 ; # Allow 30 attempts
  set -e ; # fail if we can't read the keys.
  ACCESS=$(cat /config/rootUser) ; SECRET=$(cat /config/rootPassword) ;
  set +e ; # The connections to minio are allowed to fail.
  echo "Connecting to MinIO server: $SCHEME://$MINIO_ENDPOINT:$MINIO_PORT" ;

setting the env. variable `MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY`. It expects the following
format:

```sh
MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY=<key-name>:<base64-value>
```

First generate a 256 bit random key via:

```sh
$ cat /dev/urandom | head -c 32 | base64 -
OSMM+vkKUTCvQs9YL/CVMIMt43HFhkUpqJxTmGl6rYw=
```

Now, you can set `MINIO_KMS_SECRET_KEY` like this:

```sh

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## Test using MinIO Client `mc`

`mc` provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, diff etc. It supports filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage services. Follow the MinIO Client [Quickstart Guide](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html#quickstart) for further instructions.