title: Minio: How to make folders and files already in mount point available when starting minio server?
body: <p>I am running a Minio server using its docker image.</p>
  
  <pre><code>docker run -p 9000:9000 --name minio1 \
    -e "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY=user" \
    -e "MINIO_SECRET_KEY=pass" \
    -v /home/me/data:/data \
    minio/minio server /data
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have a couple of folders with files in the mount point. How do I make them available in Minio, do I need to upload them?</p>
  
  <p>Can I put them in a folder and have it added as a bucket when I initialize the server?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>
  
  <p>When I open the minio web UI on <code>localhost:9000</code> I don't see the files and folders that were already at the mount point.</p>
  
  <p>What is the most efficient way to add all these folders to the minio server, such that a bucket is created for the first folder in the tree and then all the files inside each folder are added to their 'folder' bucket as objects? I could achieve this using Minio Python SDK, for example, by recursively walking down the folder tree and upload the files, but is that necessary?</p>