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etcdctl — Interact with `etcd`, a highly-available key-value pair store. More information: <https://etcd.io/do

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Problem

How to use the etcdctl command: Interact with etcd, a highly-available key-value pair store. More information: <https://etcd.io/docs/latest/dev-guide/interacting_v3/>.

Solution

etcdctl — Interact with etcd, a highly-available key-value pair store. More information: <https://etcd.io/docs/latest/dev-guide/interacting_v3/>.

Display the value associated with a specified key:

etcdctl get {{my/key}}

Store a key-value pair:

etcdctl put {{my/key}} {{my_value}}

Delete a key-value pair:

etcdctl del {{my/key}}

Store a key-value pair, reading the value from a file:

etcdctl < {{path/to/file.txt}} put {{my/file}}

Save a snapshot of the etcd keystore:

etcdctl snapshot save {{path/to/snapshot.db}}

Restore a snapshot of an etcd keystore (restart the etcd server afterwards):

etcdctl snapshot restore {{path/to/snapshot.db}}

Add a user:

etcdctl user add {{my_user}}

Watch a key for changes:

etcdctl watch {{my/key}}

Code Snippets

Display the value associated with a specified key

etcdctl get {{my/key}}

Store a key-value pair

etcdctl put {{my/key}} {{my_value}}

Delete a key-value pair

etcdctl del {{my/key}}

Store a key-value pair, reading the value from a file

etcdctl < {{path/to/file.txt}} put {{my/file}}

Save a snapshot of the etcd keystore

etcdctl snapshot save {{path/to/snapshot.db}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/etcdctl

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