diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index e9587b884a..6f23f589ba 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ var/tmp/
 # ignore files that are only needed only for building the docker image
 bin/docker/build_docker_images.sh
 bin/docker/lint_docker_files.sh
+bin/docker/set_up_minio.sh
 bin/devel
 
 # ignore Config files that might have been added during development and testing
diff --git a/bin/docker/quick_setup.pl b/bin/docker/quick_setup.pl
index 62659b9ea1..8fccb8944a 100755
--- a/bin/docker/quick_setup.pl
+++ b/bin/docker/quick_setup.pl
@@ -31,16 +31,22 @@ =head1 SYNOPSIS
     bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password 'some-pass' --http-port 81
 
     # also activate Elasticsearch
-    bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password 'some-pass' --http-port 81 --activate-elasticsearch
+    bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password 'some-pass' --activate-elasticsearch
 
-It's convenient the call this script via an alias.
+    # create an initial customer user
+    bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password 'some-pass' --add-customer-user
 
-    alias otobo_docker_quick_setup='docker exec -t otobo_web_1 bash -c "date ; hostname ; rm -f Kernel/Config/Files/ZZZAAuto.pm ; bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password otobo_root --http-port 81 --activate-elasticsearch"'
+    # add a calendar
+    bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password 'some-pass' --add-calendar
+
+It might be convenient the call this script via an alias.
+
+    alias otobo_docker_quick_setup='docker exec -t otobo_web_1 bash -c "date ; hostname ; rm -f Kernel/Config/Files/ZZZAAuto.pm ; bin/docker/quick_setup.pl --db-password otobo_root --http-port 81 --activate-elasticsearch --add-customer-user --add-calendar"'
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Quickly creating a running system is useful for development and for continous integration. But please note that this scripts
-is not meant as an replacement for the OTOBO installer.
+Quickly create a running system that is useful for development and for continous integration.
+But please note that this script is not meant as an replacement for the OTOBO installer.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/bin/docker/set_up_minio.sh b/bin/docker/set_up_minio.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d53c9a6b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/docker/set_up_minio.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# --
+# OTOBO is a web-based ticketing system for service organisations.
+# --
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Rother OSS GmbH, https://otobo.de/
+# --
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# --
+
+# Set up MinIO starting from a virgin state. It is expected that the executable mc is
+# in the path and that the MinIO alias otobo_minio is set up.
+
+# settings
+config_file=$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/../../Kernel/Config.pm.docker.dist
+alias=otobo_minio
+
+# sanity check
+which mc
+
+# create user with readwrite privileges
+user=$(sed -n -e "s/.*'Storage::S3::AccessKey'.*'\(.*\)'.*/\1/p" $config_file)
+password=$(sed -n -e "s/.*'Storage::S3::SecretKey'.*'\(.*\)'.*/\1/p" $config_file)
+mc admin user add $alias $user $password
+mc admin policy set $alias readwrite user=$user
+
+# create a bucket
+bucket=$(sed -n -e "s/.*'Storage::S3::Bucket'.*'\(.*\)'.*/\1/p" $config_file)
+mc mb $alias/$bucket