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A distributed reliable key-value store for critical data in distributed systems, built with Raft consensus

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Features

  • Simple user‑facing gRPC API
  • Automatic TLS with optional client cert auth for security
  • High performance – benchmarked at 10,000 writes/sec
  • Reliable replicated log via Raft consensus

Security Response History

1 CVE
CVE Severity Disclosed Patched (this tool) vs Ecosystem Median
CVE-2023-44487 KEV medium
CVSS 7.5
 2023-10-10 2025-06-06 1y 8mo / median 2y 3mo

Recent releases

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v3.6.12 Breaking risk
Breaking upgrade

Linux, macOS, Docker install updates

Open
Review required
v3.5.31 Breaking risk
Breaking upgrade

Installation updates

Open
Review required
v3.4.45 Breaking risk
Breaking upgrade

Linux, macOS, Docker update

patches CVE-2023-44487
Open
v3.6.11 Breaking risk

Minor fixes and improvements.

Full changelog

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
ETCD_VER=v3.6.11

# 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)
ETCD_VER=v3.6.11

# 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.

ETCD_VER=v3.6.11

rm -rf /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && \
  docker rmi gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} || true && \
  docker run \
  -p 2379:2379 \
  -p 2380:2380 \
  --mount type=bind,source=/tmp/etcd-data.tmp,destination=/etcd-data \
  --name etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} \
  gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} \
  /usr/local/bin/etcd \
  --name s1 \
  --data-dir /etcd-data \
  --listen-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \
  --advertise-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \
  --listen-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \
  --initial-advertise-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \
  --initial-cluster s1=http://0.0.0.0:2380 \
  --initial-cluster-token tkn \
  --initial-cluster-state new \
  --log-level info \
  --logger zap \
  --log-outputs stderr

docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcd --version
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl version
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdutl version
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl endpoint health
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl put foo bar
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl get foo
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v3.5.30 Breaking risk

Minor fixes and improvements.

Full changelog

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
ETCD_VER=v3.5.30

# 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)
ETCD_VER=v3.5.30

# 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.

ETCD_VER=v3.5.30

rm -rf /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && \
  docker rmi gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} || true && \
  docker run \
  -p 2379:2379 \
  -p 2380:2380 \
  --mount type=bind,source=/tmp/etcd-data.tmp,destination=/etcd-data \
  --name etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} \
  gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:${ETCD_VER} \
  /usr/local/bin/etcd \
  --name s1 \
  --data-dir /etcd-data \
  --listen-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \
  --advertise-client-urls http://0.0.0.0:2379 \
  --listen-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \
  --initial-advertise-peer-urls http://0.0.0.0:2380 \
  --initial-cluster s1=http://0.0.0.0:2380 \
  --initial-cluster-token tkn \
  --initial-cluster-state new \
  --log-level info \
  --logger zap \
  --log-outputs stderr

docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcd --version
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl version
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdutl version
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl endpoint health
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl put foo bar
docker exec etcd-gcr-${ETCD_VER} /usr/local/bin/etcdctl get foo
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