Etcd is a distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system, with a focus on being: Simple: well-defined, user-facing API (gRPC) Secure: automatic TLS with optional client cert authentication Fast: benchmarked 10,000 writes/sec Reliable: properly distributed using Raft Groupname and Username You must have the 'etcd' group and user to run this script, for example: groupadd -g 355 etcd useradd -d /var/lib/etcd -s /bin/sh -u 355 -g etcd etcd For some basic setup instructions, check the included 'README.SBo'.