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

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

func loadRootCredentials() {
	// 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
	var hasCredentials bool

	// Handle all server environment vars.
	serverHandleEnvVars()

	// Load the root credentials from the shell environment or from
	// the config file if not defined, set the default one.
	loadRootCredentials()

	// Perform any self-tests
	bootstrapTrace("selftests", func() {
		bitrotSelfTest()
		erasureSelfTest()
		compressSelfTest()
	})

	// Initialize KMS configuration