The following tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing etcd, a distributed key-value store, on Windows 11. Etcd is a popular storage solution that is widely used in Kubernetes clusters and other distributed systems.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites available:
The first step is to download the latest release of etcd from GitHub. Follow the below instructions to download:
Open your preferred web browser and go to the official etcd repository on GitHub at https://github.com/coreos/etcd.
Select "Releases" from the repository menu.
Scroll down to the latest release and find the "Assets" section.
Download the etcd Zip file for Windows, for example, etcd-v3.5.0-windows-amd64.zip.
The next step is to install the etcd binary by following the below instructions:
Extract the downloaded Zip file.
Open the Command Prompt or PowerShell, then change the directory to where the etcd binary is extracted.
Use the etcd --version command to verify that the binary is working. If installed correctly, it will display the version information.
In this step, we will verify that etcd has been installed correctly by following the instructions below:
Launch a new Command Prompt or PowerShell instance.
Run the command etcd. If etcd has been installed correctly, this command will start the etcd server.
Open a new Command Prompt or PowerShell instance and run the command etcdctl version. This command should display the version of the etcd client.
Etcd is now installed and ready to use on your Windows 11 computer. You can now use this distributed key-value store in your applications or Kubernetes cluster.
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