# addMinioContainer

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Minio](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.minio.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire)

Adds a MinIO container to the application model. The default image is "minio/minio" and the tag is "latest".

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addMinioContainer(
    name: string,
    rootUser?: ParameterResource,
    rootPassword?: ParameterResource,
    port?: number): MinioContainerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `rootUser` (`ParameterResource`) `optional`
- `rootPassword` (`ParameterResource`) `optional`
- `port` (`number`) `optional`

## Returns

[MinioContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.minio/miniocontainerresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.minio/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)