PublicIP:       publicIP,
		ForceTLS:       forceTLS,
	})
	if err != nil {
		logger.Fatal(err, "unable to initialize FTP server")
	}

	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("%s listening on %s", name, net.JoinHostPort(publicIP, strconv.Itoa(port))))

	if err = ftpServer.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
		logger.Fatal(err, "unable to start FTP server")
	}

		addrs.Add(net.JoinHostPort(ip, globalMinioPort))
	}
	host, _ := mustSplitHostPort(globalMinioAddr)
	if host != "" {
		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Second)
		defer cancel()

		haddrs, err := globalDNSCache.LookupHost(ctx, host)
		if err == nil {
			for _, addr := range haddrs {
				addrs.Add(net.JoinHostPort(addr, globalMinioPort))
			}
		} else {

		if globalBrowserRedirectURL != nil {
			return globalBrowserRedirectURL
		}
		xhost, err := xnet.ParseHost(r.Host)
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		return &xnet.URL{
			Host: net.JoinHostPort(xhost.Name, globalMinioConsolePort),
			Scheme: func() string {
				scheme := "http"
				if r.TLS != nil {
					scheme = "https"
				}
				return scheme
			}(),
		}
	}
	return nil
}

			}
			// hold the port
			l, err := net.Listen("TCP", fmt.Sprintf(":%s", p.String()))
			if err == nil {
				defer l.Close()
			}
			consoleAddr = net.JoinHostPort("", p.String())
		}

		if _, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(consoleAddr); err != nil {
			logger.FatalIf(err, "Unable to start listening on console port")
		}

		if consoleAddr == addr {

}

// returns a slice of hosts by reading a slice of DNS records
func getHostsSlice(records []dns.SrvRecord) []string {
	hosts := make([]string, len(records))
	for i, r := range records {
		hosts[i] = net.JoinHostPort(r.Host, string(r.Port))
	}
	return hosts
}

// returns an online host (and corresponding port) from a slice of DNS records
func getHostFromSrv(records []dns.SrvRecord) (host string) {

		for _, endpoint := range endpoints.Endpoints {
			if endpoint.IsLocal && endpoint.Type() == URLEndpointType {
				return endpoint.Host
			}
		}
	}

	return net.JoinHostPort(globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort)
}

// fetches a random number between range min-max.
func getRandomRange(minN, maxN int, seed int64) int {
	// special value -1 means no explicit seeding.
	if seed == -1 {