Official docs outline
13 sections- What is etcd
etcd as a distributed, consistent key-value store for critical data.
- Data Model
Keys, revisions, MVCC and the flat key space.
- API
KV, Watch, Lease and other gRPC services.
- API Guarantees
Linearizability, serializability and ordering guarantees.
- Learner Design
Non-voting members for safe cluster growth.
- Interacting with etcd
etcdctl: put, get, watch, leases, transactions.
- Clustering
Bootstrapping and configuring multi-member clusters.
- Authentication and RBAC
Users, roles and permissions.
- Transport Security
TLS for client and peer communication.
- Maintenance
Compaction, defragmentation, quotas and snapshots.
- Failure Modes
Handling member failures and quorum loss.
- Performance and Tuning
Benchmarks and tuning heartbeats and election timeouts.
- Monitoring
Metrics and health checks.
Each section links to the official page. Titles and summaries by Extra Credit; the docs belong to their authors.
Versions and support
6 release lines 3.7.3 latest release, Oct 22, 2026
| Line | Released | Latest | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | Jul 8, 2026 | 3.7.3 | Supported |
| 3.6 | May 15, 2025 | 3.6.16 | Supported |
| 3.5 | Jun 15, 2021 | 3.5.35 | Until Jul 8, 2027 |
| 3.4 | Aug 30, 2019 | 3.4.45 | Ended Jun 1, 2026 |
| 3.3 | Feb 1, 2018 | 3.3.27 | Ended Oct 15, 2021 |
| 3.2 | Jun 9, 2017 | 3.2.32 | Ended Mar 28, 2021 |
Source: endoflife.date