id: etcd
name: etcd
full-link: /docs/tasks/administer-cluster/configure-upgrade-etcd/
tags:
- architecture
- storage
short-description: >
  Consistent and highly-available key value store used as Kubernetes' backing store for all cluster data.
long-description: >
  Always have a backup plan for etcd's data for your Kubernetes cluster.
  For in-depth information on etcd, see [etcd documentation](https://github.com/coreos/etcd/blob/master/Documentation/docs.md).