logger.Fatal(config.ErrMissingEnvCredentialSecretKey(nil), "Unable to start MinIO")
		}
	}

	globalEnableSyncBoot = env.Get("MINIO_SYNC_BOOT", config.EnableOff) == config.EnableOn
}

func loadRootCredentials() auth.Credentials {
	// At this point, either both environment variables
	// are defined or both are not defined.
	// Check both cases and authenticate them if correctly defined
	var user, password string

	// Load the root credentials from the shell environment or from
	// the config file if not defined, set the default one.
	bootstrapTrace("rootCredentials", func() {
		cred := loadRootCredentials()
		if !cred.IsValid() && (env.Get(api.EnvAPIRootAccess, config.EnableOn) == config.EnableOff) {
			// Generate KMS based credentials if root access is disabled
			// and no ENV is set.