# How to secure access to MinIO server with TLS [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)

This guide explains how to configure MinIO Server with TLS certificates on Linux and Windows platforms.

1. [Install MinIO Server](#install-minio-server)
2. [Use an Existing Key and Certificate with MinIO](#use-an-existing-key-and-certificate-with-minio)

* The **output model** should not have a password.
* The **database model** would probably need to have a hashed password.

/// danger

Never store user's plaintext passwords. Always store a "secure hash" that you can then verify.

If you don't know, you will learn what a "password hash" is in the [security chapters](security/simple-oauth2.md#password-hashing){.internal-link target=_blank}.

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## Multiple models

| delete              | yes       |
| append              | no        |
| rename              | no        |

MinIO supports following FTP/SFTP based protocols to access and manage data.

- Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) – Defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an
  extended version of SSH 2.0, allowing file transfer over SSH and for use with Transport Layer
  Security (TLS) and VPN applications.

package kms

import (
	"context"
	"crypto/aes"
	"crypto/cipher"
	"crypto/hmac"
	"encoding/base64"
	"encoding/json"
	"errors"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"sync/atomic"

	"github.com/secure-io/sio-go/sioutil"
	"golang.org/x/crypto/chacha20"
	"golang.org/x/crypto/chacha20poly1305"

	"github.com/minio/kms-go/kms"
	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/hash/sha256"
)

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that here. Ref: https://github.com/minio/minio/tree/master/docs/tls/kubernetes#2-create-kubernetes-secret certSecret: "" publicCrt: public.crt privateKey: private.key ## Trusted Certificates Settings for MinIO. Ref: https://docs.minio.io/docs/how-to-secure-access-to-minio-server-with-tls#install-certificates-from-third-party-cas ## Bundle multiple trusted certificates into one secret and pass that here. Ref: https://github.com/minio/minio/tree/master/docs/tls/kubernetes#2-create-kubernetes-secret ##...

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