access policies for applications/users to interact with MinIO object storage.

Calling AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity does not require the use of MinIO root or IAM credentials. Therefore, you can distribute an application (for example, on mobile devices) that requests temporary security credentials without including MinIO long lasting credentials in the application. Instead, the identity of the caller is validated by using a JWT id_token from the web identity provider. The temporary security credentials...

## Why distributed MinIO?

MinIO in distributed mode can help you setup a highly-available storage system with a single object storage deployment. With distributed MinIO, you can optimally use storage devices, irrespective of their location in a network.

### Data protection

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If a self-signed certificate is being used, the certificate can be added to MinIO's certificates directory, so it can be trusted by the server.

#### DNS SRV Records

## 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.

## Upgrading MinIO