Also, note that the certificate has to contain the `Extended Key Usage: TLS Web Client Authentication`. Otherwise, MinIO would not accept the certificate as client certificate.

Now, the STS certificate-based authentication happens in 4 steps:

- Client sends HTTP `POST` request over a TLS connection hitting the MinIO TLS STS API.
- MinIO verifies that the client certificate is valid.

### TLS with SNI Extension { #tls-with-sni-extension }

**Only one process** in the server can be listening on a specific **port** in a specific **IP address**. There could be other processes listening on other ports in the same IP address, but only one for each combination of IP address and port.

This document explains how to configure MinIO server with TLS certificates on Kubernetes.

## 1. Prerequisites

- Familiarity with [MinIO deployment process on Kubernetes](https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/operations/deployments/kubernetes.html).

- Kubernetes cluster with `kubectl` configured.

		}
	}

	// If no TLS certs were provided, server is running in TLS for S3 API
	// we automatically make FTP also run under TLS mode.
	if globalIsTLS && tlsPrivateKey == "" && tlsPublicCert == "" {
		tlsPrivateKey = getPrivateKeyFile()
		tlsPublicCert = getPublicCertFile()
	}

	tls := tlsPrivateKey != "" && tlsPublicCert != ""

	if forceTLS && !tls {

			}
		})
	}
}

// Tests getURLScheme function behavior.
func TestGetURLScheme(t *testing.T) {
	tls := false
	gotScheme := getURLScheme(tls)
	if gotScheme != httpScheme {
		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", httpScheme, gotScheme)
	}
	tls = true
	gotScheme = getURLScheme(tls)
	if gotScheme != httpsScheme {
		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", httpsScheme, gotScheme)
	}

# How to secure access to MinIO server with TLS [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)

This guide explains how to configure MinIO Server with TLS certificates on Linux and Windows platforms.

1. [Install MinIO Server](#install-minio-server)
2. [Use an Existing Key and Certificate with MinIO](#use-an-existing-key-and-certificate-with-minio)

sasl_mechanism   (string)    sasl authentication mechanism, default 'plain'
tls_client_auth  (string)    clientAuth determines the Kafka server's policy for TLS client auth
sasl             (on|off)    set to 'on' to enable SASL authentication
tls              (on|off)    set to 'on' to enable TLS
tls_skip_verify  (on|off)    trust server TLS without verification, defaults to "on" (verify)
client_tls_cert  (path)      path to client certificate for mTLS auth

tls_client_auth  (string)    clientAuth determines the Kafka server's policy for TLS client auth
sasl             (on|off)    set to 'on' to enable SASL authentication
tls              (on|off)    set to 'on' to enable TLS
tls_skip_verify  (on|off)    trust server TLS without verification, defaults to "on" (verify)
client_tls_cert  (path)      path to client certificate for mTLS auth

### Certificate Directory

TLS certificates by default are expected to be stored under ``${HOME}/.minio/certs`` directory. You need to place certificates here to enable `HTTPS` based access. Read more about [How to secure access to MinIO server with TLS](https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/operations/network-encryption.html).

Following is a sample directory structure for MinIO server with TLS certificates.

```sh

		return
	}

	// We have to establish a TLS connection and the
	// client must provide exactly one client certificate.
	// Otherwise, we don't have a certificate to verify or
	// the policy lookup would ambiguous.
	if r.TLS == nil {
		writeSTSErrorResponse(ctx, w, ErrSTSInsecureConnection, errors.New("No TLS connection attempt"))
		return
	}