diff --git a/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/defaults/main.yml
index 24c251bb..8b18be06 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,89 @@ minio_users:
     secret: hallowelt
   - name: testuser6
     secret: hallowelt2
+
+minio_buckets:
+  - name: testbucket1
+  - name: testbucket3
+
+minio_policies:
+  - name: testbucket1_rw
+    policy: |
+      {
+      "Version": "2012-10-17",
+      "Statement": [
+        {
+          "Effect": "Allow",
+          "Principal": {
+            "AWS": [
+              "*"
+            ]
+          },
+          "Action": [
+            "s3:GetBucketLocation",
+            "s3:ListBucket",
+            "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads"
+          ],
+          "Resource": [
+            "arn:aws:s3:::testbucket1"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "Effect": "Allow",
+          "Principal": {
+            "AWS": [
+              "*"
+            ]
+          },
+          "Action": [
+            "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
+            "s3:DeleteObject",
+            "s3:GetObject",
+            "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
+            "s3:PutObject"
+          ],
+          "Resource": [
+            "arn:aws:s3:::testbucket1/*"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  - name: testbucketw_ro
+    policy: |
+      {
+      "Version": "2012-10-17",
+      "Statement": [
+        {
+          "Effect": "Allow",
+          "Principal": {
+            "AWS": [
+              "*"
+            ]
+          },
+          "Action": [
+            "s3:GetBucketLocation",
+            "s3:ListBucket",
+            "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads"
+          ],
+          "Resource": [
+            "arn:aws:s3:::testbucket3"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "Effect": "Allow",
+          "Principal": {
+            "AWS": [
+              "*"
+            ]
+          },
+          "Action": [
+            "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
+            "s3:GetObject",
+            "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
+          ],
+          "Resource": [
+            "arn:aws:s3:::testbucket3/*"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/bucket.yml b/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/bucket.yml
index e69de29b..b84d550f 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/bucket.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/bucket.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+- name: setup minio buckets
+  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ minio_client_bin }} --dp mb {{ minio_root_alias }}/{{ item.name }}"
+  loop: "{{ minio_buckets }}"
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/policy.yml b/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/policy.yml
index e69de29b..d117852a 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/policy.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_minio_configure/tasks/policy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+- name: create  needed dirs
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ minio_config_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+
+- name: create policy files
+  ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+    path: "{{ minio_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}"
+    block: "{{ item.policy }}"
+    state: present
+  loop: "{{ minio_policies }}"
+
+- name: setup minio policies
+  ansible.builtin.command: "{{ minio_client_bin }} --dp admin policy create {{ item.name }} {{ minio_config_dir }}/{{ item.name }}"
+  loop: "{{ minio_policies }}"