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   and the old credentials had to be removed once the rotation completed. This process is now gone.
   The root credentials can now be changed easily.

> Does this mean I need an enterprise KMS setup to run MinIO (securely)?

No, MinIO does not depend on any third-party KMS provider. You have three options here:

- Run MinIO without a KMS. In this case all IAM data will be stored in plain-text.

#### Rationale

- SSE-C requires application to remember the keys for all GET/PUT operations, any unfortunate loss of keys would automatically mean the objects cannot be accessed anymore.
- SSE-C is hardly adopted by most widely used applications, applications prefer server to manage the keys via SSE-KMS or SSE-S3.