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Unable to start Minio Service #6772

@pchiend

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@pchiend

Expected Behavior

Hello,

i have installed Ubuntu server and Minio.

I follow this procedure:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-object-storage-server-using-minio-on-ubuntu-16-04.

Current Behavior

When i try to start Minio Service i have this:
● minio.service - Minio
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/minio.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2018-11-06 16:48:19 CET; 49min ago
Docs: https://docs.minio.io
Process: 49302 ExecStartPre=/bin/bash -c [ -z "${MINIO_VOLUMES}" ] && echo "Variable MINIO_VOLUMES not set in /etc/default/minio" (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

nov 06 16:48:19 storage.pchiend.it systemd[1]: Starting Minio...
nov 06 16:48:19 storage.pchiend.it systemd[1]: minio.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
nov 06 16:48:19 storage.pchiend.it systemd[1]: minio.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
nov 06 16:48:19 storage.pchiend.it systemd[1]: Failed to start Minio.

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  • Version used (minio version): Latest
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  • Server type and version: Ubuntu
  • Operating System and version (uname -a): Linux storage.pchiend.it 4.15.0-38-generic Cosmetic change, sorting routes #41-Ubuntu
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