<![CDATA[minio and Hetzner Storage Box]]>Hi,
my Cloudron runs on a Hetzner VPS. I need some S3 Storage for Mastodon, Discourse Backups.... I also have a Storage Box with Hetzner (5TB).
Is there a way to use the Storage Box for getting S3 with the Cloudron Minio app?
Couldn't figure it out from the other postings here in the forum.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11521/minio-and-hetzner-storage-boxRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 19:16:43 GMTThu, 11 Apr 2024 10:04:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:45:12 GMT]]>

Yes it´s possible. Watch the video!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/97488https://forum.cloudron.io/post/97488Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:45:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Wed, 01 May 2024 17:00:21 GMT]]>@taowang peertube stores files in the filesystem (by default). If you check the configuration file (https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/peertube/#customization) , you can see the paths. Change the paths to that of the your mount.

The S3 stuff comes into picture only if you configure peertube to use "object storage" (i.e remote storage, I think in peertube lingo)

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87765https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87765Wed, 01 May 2024 17:00:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Wed, 01 May 2024 10:04:41 GMT]]>@girish

That works with object storage that meets 2 requirements: https://docs.joinpeertube.org/maintain/remote-storage

  1. S3 compatible
  2. support virtual hosting of bucket.

I thought Hetzner storage box is not S3 compatible. Is it?

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]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87751https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87751Wed, 01 May 2024 10:04:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Wed, 01 May 2024 09:53:44 GMT]]>@taowang right, I think you can change peertube's storage directory in production.yaml to point to the CIFS Mount (storage box). That should work.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87748https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87748Wed, 01 May 2024 09:53:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:48:44 GMT]]>@girish

Here is my understanding for now (correct me if I am wrong):

  • In order to stream videos, I need to use "Data Directory" rather than "Mounts".
  • Only volumes with Mount Type EXT4 and NFS can be used as Data Directory.
  • Hetzner storage box does not support either EXT4 or NFS.

I was confused with Data Directory and Mounts.
I thought I could use Mounts for video streaming purposes.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87720https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87720Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:48:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:42:15 GMT]]>Hetzner storage box won't work for minio since it doesn't support NFS either (last I checked). Maybe you can consider Hetzner volumes - https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/volumes/getting-started/creating-a-volume

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87699https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87699Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:42:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:39:32 GMT]]>I just read the doc: https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/
is CIFS the best option for hetzner storage box? since NFS is unencrypted, and SSHFS sub accounts are not very reliable>

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87673https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87673Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:39:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:27:39 GMT]]>I am looking for a cost-effective solution to host videos that will be embeded on my moodle site.

Here is the cheapest solution I came up with:

  1. Use minio and hetzner storage box to store the vidoes
  2. Use PeerTube to encode and stream the videos
  3. Then embed the videos on my moodle site

Does this solution work?
Which mount type should i choose? (chatgpt says NFS or SSHFS but I am not sure)

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]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87672https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87672Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:27:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:04:52 GMT]]>@sponch not on Cloudron atleast. I just checked the upstream project and they mention that there might be inconsistencies with using Minio with CIFS - this comment .

I did find this interesting series of articles about Minio+CIFS as well - https://maulana.id/soft-dev/2021--05--07--10--lesson-learned-on-deploying-minio-with-cifs-backend-part-1/ .... It's not straightforward.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86994https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86994Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:04:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:56:58 GMT]]>ups...should have read the rest of the postings... so no chance to use the storage box for S3 via Minio?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86929https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86929Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:56:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:55:37 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie Hi, thanks. Already tried that nut doesn't seem to work...
What m I doing wrong? CleanShot 2024-04-14 at 20.53.56@2x.png

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86928https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86928Sun, 14 Apr 2024 18:55:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:21:07 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie yeah, all my music is on a Hetzner storage box mounted as a Cloudron Volume into my Navidrome app too. I guess it works fine for such things.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86878https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86878Fri, 12 Apr 2024 21:21:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:34:03 GMT]]>I still use it for my emby instance 😬 over 1 TB stored in a volume, not the whole app, but basically all media.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86875https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86875Fri, 12 Apr 2024 20:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:29:50 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates right, you can't use hetzner storage boxes for app data directory.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86873https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86873Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:29:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:25:28 GMT]]>@girish I thought perhaps he meant that too, but afaik Hetzner Storage boxes aren't really suitable for Data Directory because the mount options available don't have proper permissions systems

As per the docs:

cifs and sshfs volumes are unsuitable as an app's data directory as they do not support file permissions and ownership. mountpoint and nfs volumes may or may not work depending on the destination filesystem.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86871https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86871Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:41:29 GMT]]>@jdaviescoates maybe @BrutalBirdie meant https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/#data-directory . There is a volume selector to move app data.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86853https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86853Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:41:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:46:49 GMT]]>@BrutalBirdie said in minio and Hetzner Storage Box:

then move the whole minio app into that volume.

I'm not sure I get this part of your proposed solution.

How can you move an app into a volume 🤔

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86803https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86803Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:46:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to minio and Hetzner Storage Box on Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:19:15 GMT]]>Yes there is.
It is called volumes. https://docs.cloudron.io/volumes/

You can add the 5TB Storage Box as a volume (or better, a sub-account of that box as a volume) and then move the whole minio app into that volume.
Done.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86750https://forum.cloudron.io/post/86750Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:19:15 GMT