Hi Dmitri, That’s a fair point. Since we are discussing the quickstart guide, ensuring a consistent message and a positive user experience is essential.
While I don't have a strong preference, I lean toward Apache Ozone as it is an ASF project, which would help us avoid a similar situation to the one we are currently facing with MinIO. That said, if RustFS is faster to set up and works well with minimal effort, I am completely fine with that approach. Thanks! Regards, JB On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > The latest MinIO images work well for Polaris tests and demos. > > It might still be worth proactively trying newer S3 implementations like > RustFS and/or SeaweedFS (although I have not personally tried them out with > Polaris yet). > > Even though we may prefer Ozone as the main storage in examples when it > supports STS, validating other S3 implementations could be helpful for > Polaris end users. > > Also, I expect RustFS to be faster and less cumbersome to set up than > Ozone, which could be an advantage for integration tests in CI. > > Cheers, > Dmitri. > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 6:03 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I know the Ozone community is discussing to have STS full support for > 2.2.0 > > release. > > > > So, I think it's reasonable to keep minio for now waiting ozone 2.2.0. > > > > Thoughts ? > > > > Regards > > JB > > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 3:59 AM Yong Zheng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Adnan and JB, > > > > > > I took a closer look at Ozone and it doesn't appear STS is fully > > supported > > > yet for Ozone: > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/ozone/blob/master/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/design/ozone-sts.md > > . > > > In this case, do we still wan to cut over the getting start example to > > > Ozone one instead of MinIO? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Yong Zheng > > > > > > On 2026/01/14 23:32:11 Adnan Hemani via dev wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'd hope that we can pivot to Ozone and hide the additional > adaptation > > > > behind our setup scripts. > > > > > > > > It's a shame that my fears came true about relying on a provider who > is > > > > actively trying to sell the managed version of their product shutting > > > down > > > > their OSS functionalities [1]. Any alternatives we consider, in my > > > opinion, > > > > should take this experience into consideration. > > > > > > > > I'm still not against reverting back to using local FS for the > > Quickstart > > > > experience. If all the alternatives only complicate things for the > end > > > > user, then it will be a poor Quickstart experience - and that's much > > > worse > > > > than giving more functionality in Quickstart but users not knowing > how > > to > > > > actually use it. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Adnan Hemani > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/2976 > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 6:58 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > Yes, Ozone supports STS, that's why I mentioned it. It's probably > > close > > > > > enough to minIO (even if some "adaptation" might be required for > > STS). > > > > > > > > > > Just my $0.01 > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > JB > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Agreed with Dmitri that STS is essential in this case, otherwise > a > > > local > > > > > > file system will be good enough. > > > > > > > > > > > > AFAIK, Apache Ozone supports STS starting from 2.1.0, > > > > > > https://ozone.apache.org/release/2.1.0/. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yufei > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM Dmitri Bourlatchkov < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi François, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I could not find any mention of STS / AssumeRole in GarageHQ > docs > > > > > (really > > > > > > > quick looks), so I assume it does not support STS... Do you > know > > > for > > > > > > sure? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > STS is pretty important for ease of use in Polaris getting > > started > > > > > (i.e. > > > > > > > setup without STS is more involved). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > Dmitri. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM Francois Papon < > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > About other solutions, I made some test to evaluate GaragHQ > as > > an > > > > > > > > alternative to MinIO: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know if all the required functionnalities used by > > > Polaris are > > > > > > > > provided but for the test/quickstart part may be it can do > the > > > job. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > François > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 08/01/2026 à 16:35, Adam Christian a écrit : > > > > > > > > > Thanks, folks! Great points! I do like the idea of using > > > something > > > > > > > other > > > > > > > > > than MinIO. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My only 2 cents: For the quickstart docker compose file, I > > > believe > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > we > > > > > > > > > should use object storage that can be automatically > > configured > > > > > > without > > > > > > > > > having to put in credentials. The goal of the quickstart is > > to > > > have > > > > > > > > anyone > > > > > > > > > who has Docker running locally to be able to launch a > > > > > non-production > > > > > > > > > version of Polaris through a single command. It's targeted > > for > > > > > users > > > > > > > who > > > > > > > > > are just learning about Polaris. So, in my opinion, this > > rules > > > out > > > > > > AWS > > > > > > > > S3. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As long as we meet that criteria, I do think that changing > > > would be > > > > > > > > > appropriate. Thanks for bringing this up! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Go community, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM Dmitri Bourlatchkov < > > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi All, > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Apache Ozone works well, AFAIK [1] but it certainly > requires > > > more > > > > > > > setup > > > > > > > > >> work than MinIO. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> WDYT about RustFS? [2] > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> [1] > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://polaris.apache.org/in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/creating-a-catalog/s3/catalog-ozone/ > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> [2] https://github.com/rustfs/rustfs > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> Cheers, > > > > > > > > >> Dmitri. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 8:46 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré < > > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >>> Hi Yong, > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> Thanks for bringing this to our attention. > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> I agree with your assessment regarding the recent changes > > to > > > > > MinIO > > > > > > > OSS. > > > > > > > > >> We > > > > > > > > >>> could evaluate Apache Ozone as a potential alternative; > > > while STS > > > > > > > might > > > > > > > > >>> require more changes, I believe it’s worth investigating. > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> In the short term, we could update the quickstart guide > to > > > use > > > > > AWS > > > > > > S3 > > > > > > > > >> while > > > > > > > > >>> we wait to finalize the Ozone integration. > > > > > > > > >>> About Ceph, that's a good idea, assuming we have the same > > > kind of > > > > > > > > >>> layout/experience. > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> Regards, > > > > > > > > >>> JB > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM Yong Zheng < > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > >>>> Hello, > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>> We have MinIO support as S3 compatible storage and this > is > > > great > > > > > > as > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > >>>> allows users to quickly test out Apache Polaris as a > > > catalog and > > > > > > > write > > > > > > > > >>> to a > > > > > > > > >>>> S3 compatible storage. However, as MinIO is now under > > > > > maintenance > > > > > > > mode > > > > > > > > >>> only > > > > > > > > >>>> for OSS ( > > https://github.com/minio/minio?tab=readme-ov-file), > > > we > > > > > > > won't > > > > > > > > >> be > > > > > > > > >>>> able to get updated images from public image registry, > > > should we > > > > > > > > >> consider > > > > > > > > >>>> switch our primary getting-start example to non-MinIO > one > > > > > instead > > > > > > > (the > > > > > > > > >>>> current one is MinIO as backend: > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/main/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose.yml > > > > > > > > >>> )? > > > > > > > > >>>> Without doing so, users will be likely pulling down > > outdated > > > > > MinIO > > > > > > > > >> images > > > > > > > > >>>> with critical CVEs couple months later for their local > > > setup to > > > > > > play > > > > > > > > >>>> around. If using outdated MinIO is a concern as the > > > > > getting-start > > > > > > > > >>> example, > > > > > > > > >>>> maybe we should switch to the Ceph one ( > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/main/getting-started/ceph/docker-compose.yml > > > > > > > > >>> ) > > > > > > > > >>>> but updated it to match the same layout? > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > >>>> Thanks, > > > > > > > > >>>> Yong Zheng > > > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
