continue
			}
			iamLogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("IAM sub-system is partially initialized, unable to write the IAM format: %w", err), logger.WarningKind)
			return
		}

		break
	}

	cache := sys.store.lock()
	setDefaultCannedPolicies(cache.iamPolicyDocsMap)
	sys.store.unlock()

	// Load IAM data from storage.
	for {
		if err := sys.Load(retryCtx, true); err != nil {
			if configRetriableErrors(err) {

)

const (
	// IAM configuration directory.
	iamConfigPrefix = minioConfigPrefix + "/iam"

	// IAM users directory.
	iamConfigUsersPrefix = iamConfigPrefix + "/users/"

	// IAM service accounts directory.
	iamConfigServiceAccountsPrefix = iamConfigPrefix + "/service-accounts/"

	// IAM groups directory.
	iamConfigGroupsPrefix = iamConfigPrefix + "/groups/"

	// IAM policies directory.

	if iamOS.objAPI == nil {
		return errServerNotInitialized
	}

	bootstrapTraceMsgFirstTime("loading all IAM items")

	setDefaultCannedPolicies(cache.iamPolicyDocsMap)

	listStartTime := UTCNow()
	listedConfigItems, err := iamOS.listAllIAMConfigItems(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to list IAM data: %w", err)
	}
	if took := time.Since(listStartTime); took > maxIAMLoadOpTime {
		var s strings.Builder

		users.Add(user)
	}
	return users
}

// Extract path string by stripping off the `prefix` value and the suffix,
// value, usually in the following form.
//
//	s := "config/iam/users/foo/config.json"
//	prefix := "config/iam/users/"
//	suffix := "config.json"
//	result is foo
func extractPathPrefixAndSuffix(s string, prefix string, suffix string) string {

```

#### Etcd

MinIO supports storing encrypted IAM assets in etcd, if KMS is configured. Please refer to how to encrypt your config and IAM credentials [here](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/kms/IAM.md).

## Specifying Access Control with IAM Policies

	logger.LogOnceIf(ctx, "iam", err, id, errKind...)
}

func iamLogIf(ctx context.Context, err error, errKind ...any) {
	if !errors.Is(err, grid.ErrDisconnected) {
		logger.LogIf(ctx, "iam", err, errKind...)
	}
}

func iamLogEvent(ctx context.Context, msg string, args ...any) {
	logger.Event(ctx, "iam", msg, args...)
}

| `/cluster/config`        | Cluster configuration metrics. |
| `/cluster/erasure-set`   | Erasure set metrics.           |
| `/cluster/health`        | Cluster health metrics.        |
| `/cluster/iam`           | Cluster iam metrics.           |
| `/cluster/usage/buckets` | Object statistics by bucket.   |
| `/cluster/usage/objects` | Object statistics.             |

#### `/cluster/config`

	if len(valSet) > 1 {
		// mismatch - one or more sites has differing tags/policy
		return false
	}
	return true
}

// isIAMPolicyReplicated returns true if count of replicated IAM policies matches total
// number of sites and IAM policies are identical.
func isIAMPolicyReplicated(cntReplicated, total int, policies []*policy.Policy) bool {
	if cntReplicated > 0 && cntReplicated != total {
		return false
	}

| `minio_node_iam_sync_failures`             | Number of failed IAM data syncs since server start.         |
| `minio_node_iam_sync_successes`            | Number of successful IAM data syncs since server start.     |

## Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Metrics