NAME

       etcd - highly-available key value store

SYNOPSIS

       etcd [flags]

FLAGS

   member flags
       --name 'default'

              human-readable name for this member.

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

              path to the data directory.

       --wal-dir ''

              path to the dedicated wal directory.

       --snapshot-count '100000'

              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.

       --initial-election-tick-advance 'true'

              whether to fast-forward initial election ticks on boot for faster election.

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

              list of URLs to listen on for peer traffic.

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

              list of URLs to listen on for client traffic.

       --max-snapshots '5'

              maximum number of snapshot files to retain (0 is unlimited).

       --max-wals '5'

              maximum number of wal files to retain (0 is unlimited).

       --cors ''

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

       --quota-backend-bytes '0'

              raise alarms when backend size exceeds the given quota (0  defaults  to  low  space
              quota).

       --max-txn-ops '128'

              maximum number of operations permitted in a transaction.

       --max-request-bytes '1572864'

              maximum client request size in bytes the server will accept.

       --grpc-keepalive-min-time '5s'

              minimum duration interval that a client should wait before pinging server.

       --grpc-keepalive-interval '2h'

              frequency duration of server-to-client ping to check if a connection is alive (0 to
              disable).

       --grpc-keepalive-timeout '20s'

              additional duration of wait  before  closing  a  non-responsive  connection  (0  to
              disable).

   clustering flags
       --initial-advertise-peer-urls 'http://localhost:2380'

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

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

              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.  Specifying this can
              protect  you  from  unintended  cross-cluster  interaction  when  running  multiple
              clusters.

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

              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.  "proxy"
              supports v2 API only.

       --discovery-proxy ''

              HTTP proxy to use for traffic to discovery service.

       --discovery-srv ''

              dns srv domain used to bootstrap the cluster.

       --strict-reconfig-check 'true'

              reject reconfiguration requests that would cause quorum loss.

       --auto-compaction-retention '0'

              auto compaction retention length. 0 means disable auto compaction.

       --auto-compaction-mode 'periodic'

              interpret 'auto-compaction-retention' one  of:  periodic|revision.  'periodic'  for
              duration  based  retention,  defaulting  to hours if no time unit is provided (e.g.
              '5m'). 'revision' for revision number based retention.

       --enable-v2 'true'

              Accept etcd V2 client requests.

   proxy flags
       "proxy" supports v2 API only.

       --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.  '-ca-file  ca.crt'  could  be  replaced  by
              '-trusted-ca-file ca.crt -client-cert-auth' and etcd will perform the same.

       --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.

       --client-crl-file ''

              path to the client certificate revocation list file.

       --trusted-ca-file ''

              path to the client server TLS trusted CA cert file.

       --auto-tls 'false'

              client TLS using generated certificates.

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

              path  to  the  peer server TLS CA file. '-peer-ca-file ca.crt' could be replaced by
              '-peer-trusted-ca-file ca.crt -peer-client-cert-auth' and  etcd  will  perform  the
              same.

       --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.

       --peer-cert-allowed-cn ''

              Required CN for client certs connecting to the peer endpoint.

       --peer-auto-tls 'false'

              peer  TLS using self-generated certificates if --peer-key-file and --peer-cert-file
              are not provided.

       --peer-crl-file ''

              path to the peer certificate revocation list file.

       --cipher-suites ''

              comma-separated list of supported TLS cipher suites between client/server and peers
              (empty will be auto-populated by Go).

       --experimental-peer-skip-client-san-verification 'false'

              Skip verification of SAN field in client certificate for peer connections.

   logging flags
       --debug 'false'

              enable debug-level logging for etcd.

       --log-package-levels ''

              specify    a    particular    log    level    for    each    etcd    package   (eg:
              'etcdmain=CRITICAL,etcdserver=DEBUG').

       --log-output 'default'

              specify 'stdout' or 'stderr' to skip  journald  logging  even  when  running  under
              systemd.

   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.

   profiling flags
       --enable-pprof 'false'

              Enable runtime profiling  data  via  HTTP  server.  Address  is  at  client  URL  +
              "/debug/pprof/"

       --metrics 'basic'

              Set  level of detail for exported metrics, specify 'extensive' to include histogram
              metrics.

       --listen-metrics-urls ''

              List of URLs to listen on for metrics.

   auth flags
       --auth-token 'simple'

              Specify a v3 authentication token type and its options ('simple' or 'jwt').

       --auth-token-ttl 300

              Time (in seconds) of the auth-token-ttl.

   experimental flags:
       --experimental-initial-corrupt-check 'false'

              enable to check data corruption before serving any client/peer traffic.

       --experimental-corrupt-check-time '0s'

              duration of time between cluster corruption check passes.

       --experimental-enable-v2v3 ''

              serve v2 requests through the v3 backend under a given prefix.

SEE ALSO

       ectdctl(1), /usr/share/doc/etcd-server/op-guide/configuration.md.gz