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etcd 3.7 Documentation

Official etcd 3.7 guides for developers, operators, upgrades, APIs, and internals.

etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store. These guides cover installing and operating etcd, building applications against its APIs, understanding its design, measuring performance, and upgrading or downgrading clusters in the 3.7 release line.

Start with Quickstart for a local single-member cluster, Install for supported installation paths, or Operations guide for production deployments.

This section provides task-focused guides for developers building applications with etcd, and for operators responsible for deploying, configuring, and maintaining etcd clusters.

Get etcd up and running in less than 5 minutes!

Procedures for working with an etcd cluster

Instructions for installing etcd from pre-built binaries or from source.

Frequently asked questions

Metrics for real-time monitoring and debugging

When to update the heartbeat interval and election timeout settings

Discovery, logging, and Go module conventions for etcd contributors.

Downgrading etcd clusters and applications

Upgrading etcd clusters and applications

Managing changes in etcd