What's Next for etcd Cluster Management?

etcd allows for distributed systems to be built using its provided primitives, but etcd itself is a distributed system. Lets dig in and see what it takes to make that happen: whether its bootstrappi …

etcd allows for distributed systems to be built using its provided primitives, but etcd itself is a distributed system. Let’s dig in and see what it takes to make that happen: whether it’s bootstrapping a three-node cluster or expanding from a single node to five. Finally, we’ll look at what improvements could be made to make cluster management easier in future versions.