Relayd

OpenBSD - Minio

Linux

Inspired

https://obsd.solutions/en/blog/2023/01/11/minio-on-openbsd-72-install/

Requirements

  • Fresh VM, running OpenBSD 7.2, fully patched

  • Public IP, all Ports allowed

  • FQDN pointing to your IP

run all the commands as root (or with ‘doas’ prepending …)

add Package

as usual with OpenBSD

pkg_add minio

Extend File Limits

we need some more current open files …

cat << EOF >> /etc/login.conf

# Minio, added $(date)
EOF

cat << 'EOF' >> /etc/login.conf
minio:\
  :openfiles-cur=4096:\
  :openfiles-max=8192:\
  :tc=daemon:
EOF

# Rebuild capdb
cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf

don’t forget go restart the box

Relayd

OpenBSD

another component of OpenBSD is relayd. it’s an integrated Loadbalancer & Proxy Service, like F5, Nginx and Others. But just like other BSD Services, straight, simple and easy to use … wanna see … ?

Setup 4 VM’s, one Loadbalancer and 3 Webserver. The Webserver should server the same content, while the Loadbalancer checks if a Webserver is running and redirects traffic to the host or not.

the configuration on the loadbalancer is simple like that: