etcd is a distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system.
etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines. It gracefully handles leader elections during network partitions and can tolerate machine failure, even in the leader node.
It uses the Raft consensus algorithm to manage a highly-available replicated log.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Simple: well-defined, user-facing API (gRPC).
- Secure: automatic TLS with optional client cert authentication.
- Fast: benchmarked 10,000 writes/sec.
- Reliable: properly distributed using Raft.
- Optional SSL client certificate authentication.
- Optional TTLs for keys expiration.
Website: github.com/etcd-io/etcd
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Developer: etcd Authors
License: Apache License 2.0
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