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NAME

etcd - highly-available key value store

SYNOPSIS

etcd [flags]

DESCRIPTION

start an etcd server
etcd --version show the version of etcd
etcd -h | --help show the help information about etcd

OPTIONS

member flags:

--name 'default'

human-readable name for this member.

--data-dir '${name}.etcd'

path to the data directory.

--snapshot-count '10000'

number of committed transactions to trigger a snapshot to disk.

--heartbeat-interval '100'

time (in milliseconds) of a heartbeat interval.

--election-timeout '1000'

time (in milliseconds) for an election to timeout. See tuning documentation for details.

--listen-peer-urls 'http://localhost:2380,http://localhost:7001'

list of URLs to listen on for peer traffic.

--listen-client-urls 'http://localhost:2379,http://localhost:4001'

list of URLs to listen on for client traffic.

-cors ''

comma-separated whitelist of origins for CORS (cross-origin resource sharing).

clustering flags:

--initial-advertise-peer-urls 'http://localhost:2380,http://localhost:7001'

list of this member's peer URLs to advertise to the rest of the cluster.

--initial-cluster 'default=http://localhost:2380,default=http://localhost:7001'

initial cluster configuration for bootstrapping.

--initial-cluster-state 'new'

initial cluster state ('new' or 'existing').

--initial-cluster-token 'etcd-cluster'

initial cluster token for the etcd cluster during bootstrap.

--advertise-client-urls 'http://localhost:2379,http://localhost:4001'

list of this member's client URLs to advertise to the public. The client URLs advertised should be accessible to machines that talk to etcd cluster. etcd client libraries parse these URLs to connect to the cluster.

--discovery ''

discovery URL used to bootstrap the cluster.

--discovery-fallback 'proxy'

expected behavior ('exit' or 'proxy') when discovery services fails.

--discovery-proxy ''

HTTP proxy to use for traffic to discovery service.

--discovery-srv ''

dns srv domain used to bootstrap the cluster.

proxy flags:

--proxy 'off'

proxy mode setting ('off', 'readonly' or 'on').

--proxy-failure-wait 5000

time (in milliseconds) an endpoint will be held in a failed state.

--proxy-refresh-interval 30000

time (in milliseconds) of the endpoints refresh interval.

--proxy-dial-timeout 1000

time (in milliseconds) for a dial to timeout.

--proxy-write-timeout 5000

time (in milliseconds) for a write to timeout.

--proxy-read-timeout 0

time (in milliseconds) for a read to timeout.

security flags:

--ca-file '' [DEPRECATED]

path to the client server TLS CA file.

--cert-file ''

path to the client server TLS cert file.

--key-file ''

path to the client server TLS key file.

--client-cert-auth 'false'

enable client cert authentication.

--trusted-ca-file ''

path to the client server TLS trusted CA key file.

--peer-ca-file '' [DEPRECATED]

path to the peer server TLS CA file.

--peer-cert-file ''

path to the peer server TLS cert file.

--peer-key-file ''

path to the peer server TLS key file.

--peer-client-cert-auth 'false'

enable peer client cert authentication.

--peer-trusted-ca-file ''

path to the peer server TLS trusted CA file.

logging flags

--debug 'false'

enable debug-level logging for etcd.

--log-package-levels ''

set individual packages to various log levels (eg: 'etcdmain=CRITICAL,etcdserver=DEBUG')

unsafe flags:

Please be CAUTIOUS when using unsafe flags because it will break the guarantees given by the consensus protocol.

--force-new-cluster 'false'

force to create a new one-member cluster.

Git SHA: Not provided (use ./build instead of go build) Go Version: go1.4.2 Go OS/Arch: linux/amd64

September 2015 etcd Version: 2.1.3