{"id":156,"date":"2026-06-01T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=156"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:23:31","slug":"mini-bucket-about","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/knowledge-base\/about-mini-bucket\/mini-bucket-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Bucket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MINIB_LOGO-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Mini Bucket \u2014 Universal Web Panel for NAS &amp; Server Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Mini Bucket (Mini-B) is a full-featured web control panel that turns any Linux host into a manageable network-attached storage (NAS) and server platform. All administration is done through the browser \u2014 no command line knowledge required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">\ud83d\udd04&nbsp;<strong>Key advantage<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 built-in support for distributed infrastructure. You can switch between multiple servers directly from one browser tab, without re-entering passwords on each node. Perfect for managing server farms, clusters, or just several home machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Main Functional Modules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>1. Live Dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">CPU (total + per-core), RAM, Load Average graphs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">CPU temperature (if available)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Real-time network traffic and disk I\/O<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">SMART status: temperature, errors, failure prediction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">RAID and LVM status, all mount points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>2. Dual-Panel File Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Two independent panels for copy\/move operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Background operations with progress indicator and cancel option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Archive creation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Permission management: chmod + extended ACLs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Download entire folders as .tar without prior archiving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>3. Disk, RAID &amp; LVM Management<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Disk initialization (GPT\/MBR), partition creation\/deletion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">RAID management: levels 0,1,5,6,10, LINEAR, hot-spare disks, scrub operation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">LVM: PV\/VG\/LV creation, extend, reduce, snapshots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Flexible mounting: local partitions, RAID arrays, LVM volumes, SMB\/CIFS, NFS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>4. System Monitor &amp; Diagnostics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">One-click diagnostic tools: ping, traceroute, netstat, port scanner, DNS lookup, Speedtest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Process and systemd service management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">System logs with filtering, search, and export<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>5. Web Console (SSH via Browser)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Full shell access directly from the web interface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Convenient for quick edits, script execution, debugging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>6. Cron Scheduler<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">CRUD operations with tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Flexible scheduling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Quick presets (every hour, daily, on boot, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Next run preview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Logging and manual execution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>7. User Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Panel users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Linux system users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">OS group management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Password generator with strength indicator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>8. Sharing Services (enable\/disable &amp; configure)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">FTP (vsftpd) \u2014 directories, SSL\/TLS, speed\/connection limits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">NFS \u2014 exports, clients, statistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">SMB\/CIFS (Samba) \u2014 users, shared folders, active sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Rsync \u2014 daemon, modules, users, access lists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>9. Firewall (UFW)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Enable\/disable, view status and rules<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">CRUD operations + search &amp; filter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Preset rules: SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MySQL, PostgreSQL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">IP blocking, colored UFW logs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>10. System Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Service management: NFS, SMB, Rsync, FTP, SSH, Apache2, UFW, NTP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Power Management: reboot, shutdown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Date\/Time: timezone, NTP servers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Network: hostname, DHCP\/static IP, DNS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>11. System Checker (&#8220;Check All \/ Fix All&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Automatic diagnostics by categories: packages, services, permissions, config files, firewall, network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">&#8220;Fix All&#8221; button for common issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>12. Key Rotation System (for Distributed Systems)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Dynamic API keys \u2014 automatic rotation with zero downtime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Cascading rotation \u2014 new key automatically propagates to all connected servers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Unlimited nesting \u2014 master\/slave hierarchies of any depth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Graceful rotation \u2014 old key stays active until new key is confirmed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Fault tolerance \u2014 exponential backoff retries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Technical Requirements &amp; Compatibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure style=\"font-size:17px\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Parameter<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Target OS<\/strong><\/td><td>Debian 9 (stretch)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Required PHP version<\/strong><\/td><td>7.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Other OS support<\/strong><\/td><td>Works on other Debian\/Ubuntu versions, but in-depth testing not performed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Web server<\/strong><\/td><td>Apache2 \/ Nginx (any with PHP support)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/td><td>Minimum: 128 MB RAM, 1 GB disk. Comfortable: from 512 MB RAM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Hardware access<\/strong><\/td><td>Direct disk access (not via virtualization) required for RAID\/SMART functions<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">\u26a0\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>Important:<\/strong>&nbsp;The panel may work on newer Debian\/Ubuntu versions and PHP 7.1+, but Debian 9 \/ PHP 7.0 is recommended for guaranteed stability.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Typical Use Cases<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Home file server + cloud<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 install on a desktop PC or Raspberry Pi. Access from anywhere (with VPN\/port forwarding).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Office NAS for 5\u201320 employees<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 shared folders via Samba with access control. Daily LVM snapshots + Rsync.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Server cluster management<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 one Mini Bucket master and multiple slaves. Single entry point for monitoring, key rotation, remote diagnostics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Homelab \/ production emulation<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 test backups, RAID builds, LVM migrations via web interface without risk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Backup server<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 configure rsync daemon with authentication. Automatic backup rotation via cron.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>How to Get Started<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/knowledge-base\/installation\/installation\">https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/knowledge-base\/installation\/installation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>License &amp; Support<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Status:<\/strong>&nbsp;Actively developing project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Documentation:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/\">https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/wiki\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Support channels:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/community\/\">https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/community\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Bug reports:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/community\/\">https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/community\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>License:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/license\/\">https:\/\/mini-bucket.ru\/license\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Post date: 01.06.2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Bucket \u2014 Universal Web Panel for NAS &amp; Server Infrastructure Mini Bucket (Mini-B) is a full-featured web control panel that turns any Linux host into a manageable network-attached storage (NAS) and server platform. 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