etcd in Kubernetes: A Quick Guide
Kubernetes is a complex distributed system that requires a robust and efficient distributed database to function smoothly. This is where etcd comes into play.
What is etcd?
etcd is the backbone of Kubernetes, acting both as a backend service discovery tool and a key-value database. Often referred to as the "brain" of the Kubernetes cluster, etcd is an open-source, strongly consistent, distributed key-value store.
But what exactly does that mean?