referencing this chart. <br/><br/> MinIO publishes a separate [MinIO Kubernetes Operator and Tenant Helm Chart](https://github.com/minio/operator/tree/master/helm) that is officially maintained and supported. MinIO strongly recommends using the MinIO Kubernetes Operator for production deployments. See [Deploy Operator With Helm](https://min.io/docs/minio/kubernetes/upstream/operations/install-deploy-manage/deploy-operator-helm.html?ref=github) for additional documentation. |

## Introduction...

This README provides quickstart instructions on running MinIO on bare metal hardware, including container-based installations. For Kubernetes environments, use the [MinIO Kubernetes Operator](https://github.com/minio/operator/blob/master/README.md).

## Container Installation

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

Install MinIO on Kubernetes:

- [MinIO Quickstart Guide for Kubernetes](https://min.io/docs/minio/kubernetes/upstream/index.html#quickstart-for-kubernetes).
- [Deploy a Tenant from the MinIO Operator](https://min.io/docs/minio/kubernetes/upstream/operations/install-deploy-manage/deploy-minio-tenant.html)

Install Distributed MinIO on Linux: