arguments for the hostnames and the drives via an ellipses syntax such as `minio server http://host{1...4}/disk{1...4}` this requirement added an additional burden to have sequential hostnames for us to make sure that we can provide horizontal distribution, however we have come across situations where sometimes this is not feasible and there are no easier alternatives without modifying /etc/hosts on the host system as root user.  Many times in airgapped deployments this is not allowed or requires audits...

### 1.1 Host Multiple Tenants on a Single Drive

Use the following commands to host 3 tenants on a single drive:

```sh
minio server --address :9001 /data/tenant1
minio server --address :9002 /data/tenant2
minio server --address :9003 /data/tenant3
```

![Example-1](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/screenshots/Example-1.jpg?raw=true)

From that individual connections will be spawned to each remote server, 
or incoming requests will be hooked up to the appropriate connection.

To get a connection to a specific server, use `Manager.Connection(host)` to get a connection to the specified host.
From this connection individual requests can be made.

Each handler, with optional subroutes can be registered with the manager using 
`Manager.RegisterXHandler(handlerID, handler, subroutes...)`.

Example:

```sh

MINIO_IDENTITY_OPENID_KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_URL    (string)    Specify Keycloak 'admin' REST API endpoint e.g. http://localhost:8080/auth/admin/
MINIO_IDENTITY_OPENID_REDIRECT_URI_DYNAMIC  (on|off)    Enable 'Host' header based dynamic redirect URI (default: 'off')
MINIO_IDENTITY_OPENID_CLAIM_PREFIX          (string)    [DEPRECATED use 'claim_name'] JWT claim namespace prefix e.g. "customer1/"

```

Here `prometheus.yml` is the name of configuration file. You can now see MinIO metrics in Prometheus dashboard. By default Prometheus dashboard is accessible at `http://localhost:9090`.

  quay.io/minio/minio server /data --console-address ":9001"
```

To create a MinIO container with persistent storage, you need to map local persistent directories from the host OS to virtual config. To do this, run the below commands

### GNU/Linux and macOS

```sh
mkdir -p ~/minio/data

docker run \
  -p 9000:9000 \
  -p 9001:9001 \
  --name minio1 \
  -v ~/minio/data:/data \

### ufw

For hosts with ufw enabled (Debian based distros), you can use `ufw` command to allow traffic to specific ports. Use below command to allow access to port 9000

```sh
ufw allow 9000
```

Below command enables all incoming traffic to ports ranging from 9000 to 9010.

```sh
ufw allow 9000:9010/tcp
```

### firewall-cmd

```
minio server http://host{1...2}/export{1...8}
```

Expected expansion

```
> http://host1/export1
> http://host2/export1
> http://host1/export2
> http://host2/export2
> http://host1/export3
> http://host2/export3
> http://host1/export4
> http://host2/export4
> http://host1/export5
> http://host2/export5
> http://host1/export6
> http://host2/export6
> http://host1/export7

hosts passed to the MinIO server startup and use them for DNS entries.

### Run Multiple Clusters

> cluster1

```sh
export MINIO_ETCD_ENDPOINTS="http://remote-etcd1:2379,http://remote-etcd2:4001"
export MINIO_DOMAIN=domain.com
export MINIO_PUBLIC_IPS=44.35.2.1,44.35.2.2,44.35.2.3,44.35.2.4
minio server http://rack{1...4}.host{1...4}.domain.com/mnt/export{1...32}
```

> cluster2