Deploy Silo on Kubernetes

Silo is an S3-compatible object storage server that can run in Kubernetes. The final upstream MinIO Kubernetes Operator release, v7.1.1, can deploy a Tenant with the Silo image when tenant.image.repository is overridden to pgsty/minio and a tested tag or digest is pinned.

These guides assume familiarity with the referenced Kubernetes concepts, utilities, and procedures. They are not a replacement for the official Kubernetes Documentation, and the Silo project does not inherit the former MinIO vendor support matrix for Kubernetes distributions.

The MinIO Operator, its Helm charts, CRDs, and Tenant kind remain upstream contracts independent of Silo releases. The upstream minio/operator repository was archived and made read-only on 2026-03-20, so its release lifecycle is frozen and these guides are a compatibility snapshot.

The archived Operator code provides MinIO-compatible Tenant management and configuration. Validate the pinned Operator and chart against your cluster before deployment or upgrade; there is no ongoing upstream compatibility or support promise.

You can interact with the Operator through its Custom Resource Definition (CRD).

The CRD provides a customizable entry point for tools such as Kustomize, Helm, and kubectl to deploy and manage Silo-backed Tenants.