// singularResource is the singular name of the resource.  This allows clients to handle plural and singular opaquely.
  // For many clients the singular form of the resource will be more understandable to users reading messages and should be used when integrating the name of the resource into a sentence.
  // The command line tool kubectl, for example, allows use of the singular resource name in place of plurals.

Read more on how to use these endpoints in [MinIO healthcheck guide](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/metrics/healthcheck/README.md).

## Prometheus Probe

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### 3. Configuring Prometheus

#### 3.1 Authenticated Prometheus config

> If MinIO is configured to expose metrics without authentication, you don't need to use `mc` to generate prometheus config. You can skip reading further and move to 3.2 section.

And you want to have a way for the frontend to authenticate with the backend, using a **username** and **password**.

We can use **OAuth2** to build that with **FastAPI**.

But let's save you the time of reading the full long specification just to find those little pieces of information you need.

Let's use the tools provided by **FastAPI** to handle security.

## How it looks

## 🔑 👨‍💼

### ⚫️❔ "🔑 👨‍💼"

"🔑 👨‍💼" 🙆 👈 🐍 🎚 👈 👆 💪 ⚙️ `with` 📄.

🖼, <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files" class="external-link" target="_blank">👆 💪 ⚙️ `with` ✍ 📁</a>:

```Python
with open("./somefile.txt") as f:
    contents = f.read()
    print(contents)
```

The **Advanced User Guide**, builds on this, uses the same concepts, and teaches you some extra features.

But you should first read the **Tutorial - User Guide** (what you are reading right now).