provide the password via:

```
export MINIO_KMS_KES_KEY_PASSWORD=<your-password>
```

Note that MinIO only supports encrypted private keys - not encrypted certificates.
Certificates are no secrets and sent in plaintext as part of the TLS handshake.

## Explore Further

- [Use `mc` with MinIO Server](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html)