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+version: '3.7'
+
+# Settings and configurations that are common for all containers
+x-minio-common: &minio-common
+  image: quay.io/minio/minio:RELEASE.2023-02-27T18-10-45Z
+  command: server --console-address ":9001" http://minio{1...4}/data{1...2}
+  expose:
+    - "9000"
+    - "9001"
+  environment:
+     MINIO_ROOT_USER: franv
+     MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: fraal111
+  healthcheck:
+    test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9000/minio/health/live"]
+    interval: 30s
+    timeout: 20s
+    retries: 3
+
+# starts 4 docker containers running minio server instances.
+# using nginx reverse proxy, load balancing, you can access
+# it through port 9000.
+services:
+  minio1:
+    <<: *minio-common
+    hostname: minio1
+    volumes:
+      - ./data1-1:/data1
+      - ./data1-2:/data2
+
+  minio2:
+    <<: *minio-common
+    hostname: minio2
+    volumes:
+      - ./data2-1:/data1
+      - ./data2-2:/data2
+
+  minio3:
+    <<: *minio-common
+    hostname: minio3
+    volumes:
+      - ./data3-1:/data1
+      - ./data3-2:/data2
+
+  minio4:
+    <<: *minio-common
+    hostname: minio4
+    volumes:
+      - ./data4-1:/data1
+      - ./data4-2:/data2
+
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:1.19.2-alpine
+    hostname: nginx
+    volumes:
+      - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
+    ports:
+      - "9000:9000"
+      - "9001:9001"
+    depends_on:
+      - minio1
+      - minio2
+      - minio3
+      - minio4