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+# Minio S3 Selfhosted
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+MinIO is an object storage system. It is API compatible with the Amazon S3 cloud storage service.
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+## Usage
+
+You can dockerize your Minio instance to selfhost you very own S3 bucket for storage.
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+## Contributing
+
+Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first
+to discuss what you would like to change.
+
+Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
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