# connectToMinio
# Use a check-sleep-check loop to wait for MinIO service to be available
connectToMinio() {
  SCHEME=$1
  ATTEMPTS=0 ; LIMIT=29 ; # Allow 30 attempts
  set -e ; # fail if we can't read the keys.
  ACCESS=$(cat /config/rootUser) ; SECRET=$(cat /config/rootPassword) ;
  set +e ; # The connections to minio are allowed to fail.
  echo "Connecting to MinIO server: $SCHEME://$MINIO_ENDPOINT:$MINIO_PORT" ;

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