# etcd API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/etcd/  
**Provider:** Scalable Systems — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-systems/  
**Documentation:** https://etcd.io/docs/latest/learning/api/

etcd API is one of 7 APIs that [Scalable Systems](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-systems/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Configuration Management, Distributed Systems, High Availability, and Kubernetes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store used as the backing store for Kubernetes and many distributed systems. Its gRPC API provides atomic operations, watches, leases, and transactions for distributed coordination and consensus.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://etcd.io/docs/latest/learning/api/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd

## Other Scalable Systems APIs (6)

- [AWS Auto Scaling API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/aws-autoscaling/)
- [Redis REST API (Upstash)](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/redis/)
- [Consul API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/consul/)
- [Celery Flower API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/celery/)
- [NGINX Plus API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/nginx-plus/)
- [Scalable Systems ApplicationAutoScaling API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-systems/scalable-systems-applicationautoscaling-api/)

## Tags

Configuration Management, Distributed Systems, High Availability, Kubernetes

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