# Silo Console Settings

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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> [!NOTE]
> **Changed: RELEASE.2025-05-24T17-08-30Z**
>
> The Console now presents only object browser capabilities similar to those available through the [`mc`](/reference/minio-mc/#command-mc) tool. For administrative interactions, such as user management, use the [`mc admin`](/reference/minio-mc-admin/#command-mc.admin) command.
>
> Some of the settings on this page may no longer be relevant for newer deployments.

This page covers settings that manage access and behavior for the MinIO Console.

You can establish or modify settings by defining:

- an *environment variable* on the host system prior to starting or restarting the MinIO Server. Refer to your operating system’s documentation for how to define an environment variable.
- a *configuration setting* using [`mc admin config set`](/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-config/#mc.admin.config.set).

If you define both an environment variable and the similar configuration setting, MinIO uses the environment variable value.

Some settings have only an environment variable or a configuration setting, but not both.

> [!WARNING]
> **Important**
>
> Each configuration setting controls fundamental MinIO behavior and functionality. MinIO **strongly recommends** testing configuration changes in a lower environment, such as DEV or QA, before applying to production.

## Browser Settings {#browser-settings}

The following settings control behavior for the embedded MinIO Console.

### MinIO Console {#minio-console}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER}

*envvar*

Specify `off` to disable the embedded MinIO Console.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Animation {#animation}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_LOGIN_ANIMATION` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_LOGIN_ANIMATION}

*envvar*

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Specify `off` to disable the animated login screen for the MinIO Console. Defaults to `on`.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Browser Redirect {#browser-redirect}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT}

*envvar*

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Specify whether requests from a web browser automatically redirect to the Console address. Defaults to `true`.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Browser Redirect URL {#browser-redirect-url}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT_URL` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_REDIRECT_URL}

*envvar*

Specify the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) the MinIO Console listens for incoming connections on.

If you want to host the MinIO Console exclusively from a reverse-proxy service, you must specify the hostname managed by that service.

For example, consider a reverse proxy configured to route `https://example.net/minio/` to the MinIO Console. You must set this environment variable to match that hostname for the Console to both listen and respond to requests using that hostname.

If you omit this variable, the Console listens and responds to all IP addresses or hostnames associated to the host machine on which the MinIO Server runs.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Session Duration {#session-duration}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_SESSION_DURATION` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_SESSION_DURATION}

*envvar*

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Specify the duration of a browser session for working with the MinIO Console.

MinIO supports the following units of time measurement:

- `s` - seconds, “60s”
- `m` - minutes, “60m”
- `h` - hours, “24h”
- `d` - days, “7d”

Defaults to `12h`.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Log Query URL {#log-query-url}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_LOG_QUERY_URL` {#envvar.MINIO_LOG_QUERY_URL}

*envvar*

Specify the URL of a PostgreSQL service to which MinIO writes [Audit logs](/operations/monitoring/minio-logging/#minio-logging-publish-audit-logs). The embedded MinIO Console provides a Log Search tool that allows querying the PostgreSQL service for collected logs.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Content Security Policy {#content-security-policy}

*Optional*

Configure MinIO Console to generate a [Content-Security-Policy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Security_Policy) header in HTTP responses. Defaults to `default-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline';`

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY}

*envvar*

```shell
export MINIO_BROWSER_CONTENT_SECURITY_POLICY="default-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline';"
```

**Configuration Setting**

##### `browser csp_policy` {#mc-conf.browser.csp_policy}

*mc-conf*

```shell
mc admin config set browser \
   csp_policy="default-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline';" \
   [ARGUMENT=VALUE ...]
```

### Strict Transport Security {#strict-transport-security}

*Optional*

Configure MinIO console to generate a [Strict-Transport-Security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security) header in HTTP responses.

To generate the header, you **must** set a duration using either [`MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_SECONDS`](#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_SECONDS) or [`hsts_seconds`](#mc-conf.browser.hsts_seconds). Other HSTS settings are optional.

**Environment Variables**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_SECONDS` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_SECONDS}

*envvar*

The `max_age` the configured policy remains in effect, in seconds. Defaults to `0`, disabled. You **must** configure a *non-zero* duration to enable the `Strict-Transport-Security` header.

```shell
export MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_SECONDS=31536000
```

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUB_DOMAINS` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUB_DOMAINS}

*envvar*

Set to `on` to also apply the configured HSTS policy to all MinIO Console subdomains. Defaults to `off`.

```shell
export MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUB_DOMAINS="on"
```

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_PRELOAD` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_PRELOAD}

*envvar*

Set to `on` to direct the client browser to add the MinIO Console domain to its HSTS preload list. Defaults to `off`.

```shell
export MINIO_BROWSER_HSTS_PRELOAD="on"
```

**Configuration Settings**

The following configuration settings require a service restart to take effect. To restart the service, use [`mc admin service restart`](/reference/minio-mc-admin/mc-admin-service/#mc.admin.service.restart).

##### `browser hsts_seconds` {#mc-conf.browser.hsts_seconds}

*mc-conf*

The `max_age` the configured policy remains in effect, in seconds. Defaults to `0`, disabled. You **must** configure a *non-zero* duration to enable the `Strict-Transport-Security` header.

```shell
mc admin config set browser \
   hsts_seconds="31536000" \
   [ARGUMENT=VALUE ...]
```

##### `browser hsts_include_subdomains` {#mc-conf.browser.hsts_include_subdomains}

*mc-conf*

Set to `on` to also apply the configured HSTS policy to all MinIO Console subdomains. Defaults to `off`.

```shell
mc admin config set browser \
   hsts_include_subdomains="on" \
   hsts_seconds="31536000" \
   [ARGUMENT=VALUE ...]
```

##### `browser hsts_preload` {#mc-conf.browser.hsts_preload}

*mc-conf*

Set to `on` to direct the client browser to add the MinIO Console domain to its HSTS preload list. Defaults to `off`.

```shell
mc admin config set browser \
   hsts_preload="on" \
   hsts_seconds="31536000" \
   [ARGUMENT=VALUE ...]
```

#### Examples {#examples}

The following examples show the rendered header for the given configuration settings. The equivalent environment variables generate the same result. All examples use a value of `31536000`, which is the number of seconds in a calendar year (365 days).

`hsts_seconds`

> ```shell
> mc admin config set ALIAS browser hsts_seconds=31536000
> ```
>
> ```shell
> Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
> ```

`hsts_include_subdomains`

> ```shell
> mc admin config set ALIAS browser hsts_seconds=31536000 hsts_include_subdomains=on
> ```
>
> ```shell
> Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
> ```

`hsts_preload`

> ```shell
> mc admin config set ALIAS browser hsts_seconds=31536000 hsts_include_subdomains=on hsts_preload=on
> ```
>
> ```shell
> Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
> ```

### Referrer Policy {#referrer-policy}

*Optional*

Configure MinIO Console to generate a [Referrer-Policy](https://www.w3.org/TR/referrer-policy/) header in HTTP responses. Defaults to `strict-origin-when-cross-origin`.

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_BROWSER_REFERRER_POLICY` {#envvar.MINIO_BROWSER_REFERRER_POLICY}

*envvar*

```shell
export MINIO_BROWSER_REFERRER_POLICY="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
```

**Configuration Setting**

##### `browser referrer_policy` {#mc-conf.browser.referrer_policy}

*mc-conf*

```shell
mc admin config set browser \
   referrer_policy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" \
   [ARGUMENT=VALUE ...]
```

## Prometheus Settings {#prometheus-settings}

The following settings manage how MinIO interacts with your Prometheus service.

### Prometheus URL {#prometheus-url}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_PROMETHEUS_URL` {#envvar.MINIO_PROMETHEUS_URL}

*envvar*

Specify the URL for a Prometheus service configured to [scrape MinIO metrics](/operations/monitoring/collect-minio-metrics-using-prometheus/#minio-metrics-collect-using-prometheus).

The MinIO Console populates the **Dashboard** with cluster metrics using the `minio-job` Prometheus scraping job.

If you are using a standalone MinIO Console process, this variable corresponds with `CONSOLE_PROMETHEUS_URL`.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Prometheus Job ID {#prometheus-job-id}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_PROMETHEUS_JOB_ID` {#envvar.MINIO_PROMETHEUS_JOB_ID}

*envvar*

Specify the custom Prometheus job ID used for [scraping MinIO metrics](/operations/monitoring/collect-minio-metrics-using-prometheus/#minio-metrics-collect-using-prometheus).

MinIO defaults to `minio-job`.

If you are using a standalone MinIO Console process, this variable corresponds with `CONSOLE_PROMETHEUS_JOB_ID`.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.

### Prometheus Auth Token {#prometheus-auth-token}

*Optional*

**Environment Variable**

##### `MINIO_PROMETHEUS_AUTH_TOKEN` {#envvar.MINIO_PROMETHEUS_AUTH_TOKEN}

*envvar*

Specify the [basic auth token](https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/basic-auth/) the Console should use to connect to a Prometheus service.

For example, a basic auth token you might use could resemble the following:

```text
eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJwcm9tZXRoZXVzIiwic3ViIjoibWluaW8iLCJleHAiOjQ4NTAwMzg0MDJ9.GZCKR3d0FH2TCvNHSd39HaVfSuQVVV0s8glICBDmhT51V6CQ_hw8gTYlKHJmcpR8aHkqiJwCqcYJhaMmqwe00XY
```

If you are using a standalone MinIO Console process, this variable corresponds with `CONSOLE_PROMETHEUS_AUTH_TOKEN`.

**Configuration Setting**

This setting does not have a configuration variable setting. Use the Environment Variable instead.