## Container Installation

Use the following commands to run a standalone MinIO server as a container.

Standalone MinIO servers are best suited for early development and evaluation. Certain features such as versioning, object locking, and bucket replication

## Prerequisites

Docker installed on your machine. Download the relevant installer from [here](https://www.docker.com/community-edition#/download).

## Run Standalone MinIO on Docker

*Note*: Standalone MinIO is intended for early development and evaluation. For production clusters, deploy a [Distributed](https://min.io/docs/minio/container/operations/install-deploy-manage/deploy-minio-single-node-multi-drive.html) MinIO deployment.