Unable to get mcConfigDir.

[fhemberger]

Using RELEASE.2021-07-08T01-15-01Z (linux-arm), I get the following startup error:

minio: <ERROR> Unable to get mcConfigDir. exec: "getent": executable file not found in $PATH.

So far I was only running minio on the host, but this message comes from the mc client, so I tried installing it as well (without any effect). But I'm not sure why the server component would pull that in at all.

RELEASE.2021-06-17T00-10-46Z works for me.

minio Version

RELEASE.2021-07-08T01-15-01Z

Host

Synology Diskstation 414 (NAS)

Linux DiskStation 3.2.40 #25556 SMP Thu Mar 4 17:57:56 CST 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux synology_armadaxp_ds414

Upstart Config

env PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
env MINIO_ROOT_USER="********"
env MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD="********"
env MINIO_PROMETHEUS_AUTH_TYPE="public"

exec /usr/local/bin/minio \
  --console-address ":9000" \
  --config-dir /minio/.minio \
  --certs-dir /minio/.minio/certs \
  server \
  /volume1/minio

[harshavardhana]

minio: <ERROR> Unable to get mcConfigDir. exec: "getent": executable file not found in $PATH.

as you can see clearly getent is missing from your PATH looks like a system with standard tools removed.

This is being called because you have $HOME missing in your environment variable, it is failing with mcConfigDir error because minio/console package uses minio/mc as library for few things.

Just set HOME and this error shall go away.

env HOME=/minio
env PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
env MINIO_ROOT_USER="********"
env MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD="********"
env MINIO_PROMETHEUS_AUTH_TYPE="public"

exec /usr/local/bin/minio \
  --console-address ":9000" \
  --config-dir /minio/.minio \
  --certs-dir /minio/.minio/certs \
  server \
  /volume1/minio

[fhemberger]

@harshavardhana Thanks for the help!