MinIO uses Sphinx to generate static HTML pages using ReSTructured Text (rST).

• Python 3.10.X and pip

• Sphinx 4.3.2

• NodeJS 14.5.0 or later and npm

• gulp.js

• git or a git-compatible client

• Access to https://github.com/minio/docs

1. Run git clone https://github.com/minio/docs and cd docs to move into the working directory.

2. Create a new virtual environment python3 -m venv venv. Activate it using source venv/bin/activate.

3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to setup the Python environment.

4. Run make stage

5. Open your browser to http://localhost:8000 to view the staged output.

1. Run git clone https://github.com/minio/docs and cd docs to move into the working directory.

2. Create a new virtual environment python3 -m venv venv. Activate it using source venv/bin/activate.

3. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to setup the Python environment.

4. Run npm install

5. Run npm run build

6. Run make stage

7. Open your browser to http://localhost:8000 to view the staged output.

Prereq:

• Checkout the MinIO docs repository using your preferred git method

  git clone https://github.com/minio/docs

All instructions use PowerShell running as an administrator.

1. Set policies

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

2. Navigate to the folder with the cloned docs

3. Start virtual environment

   python -m venv venv

4. Activate virtual environment

   .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

5. Install docs requirements

   pip install -r requirements.txt

6. (optional) Delete the Build directory

   Remove-Item build\

7. Generate CSS from SCSS files

   npm run build

8. Build the docs

   sphinx-build -M html source\ build\master -n

9. Start the http server

   python -m http.server --directory build\master\html

10. View the staged output in a browser by going to localhost:8000

This project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

See CONTRIBUTIONS for more information on contributing content to the MinIO Documentation project.