# Minio instead of S3?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/minio-instead-of-s3/68815>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [Agosto 26, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minio-instead-of-s3/68815 "2017-08-26T08:42:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\
**Post date:** [Agosto 26, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minio-instead-of-s3/68815/2 "2017-08-26T10:02:10Z")

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> [@tophee](#):
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> I don’t know what that means in relation to discourse

I think it means that it won’t work, at the moment:

> [@Extend S3 configuration for other s3 API compatible cloud storage solutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-s3-configuration-for-other-s3-api-compatible-cloud-storage-solutions/20593):
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> It would be great to have an extra field host and set region optional to allow other S3 API compatible services to work with discourse for backup and files storage. Update:

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