About etcd
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system
Please check out CHANGELOG for a full list of changes. And make sure to read upgrade guide before upgrading etcd (there may be breaking changes).
For installation guides, please check out play.etcd.io and operating etcd. Latest support status for common architectures and operating systems can be found at supported platforms.
Linux
sh
ETCD_VER=v3.7.3
choose either URL
GOOGLE_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/etcd
GITHUB_URL=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download
DOWNLOAD_URL=${GOOGLE_URL}
rm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm -rf /tmp/etcd-download-test && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download-test
curl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xzvf /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /tmp/etcd-download-test --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner
rm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd --version
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl version
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdutl version
start a local etcd server
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd
write,read to etcd
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl --endpoints=localhost:2379 put foo bar
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl --endpoints=localhost:2379 get foo
macOS (Darwin)
sh
ETCD_VER=v3.7.3
choose either URL
GOOGLE_URL=https://storage.googleapis.com/etcd
GITHUB_URL=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download
DOWNLOAD_URL=${GOOGLE_URL}
rm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip
rm -rf /tmp/etcd-download-test && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-download-test
curl -L ${DOWNLOAD_URL}/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip
unzip /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip -d /tmp && rm -f /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64.zip
mv /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64/* /tmp/etcd-download-test && rm -rf mv /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-darwin-amd64
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcd --version
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdctl version
/tmp/etcd-download-test/etcdutl version
Docker
etcd uses gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd as a primary container registry, and quay.io/coreos/etcd as secondary.
sh
ETCD_VER=v3.7.3
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| Publisher | etcd-io |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.7.3 |
| Release date | 2026-10-22 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | etcd-io.etcd |
Install etcd from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=etcd-io.etcd -e