Etcd for SUSE

Right now, there is no distro package available for etcd3. This guide uses the tarball installation as a workaround until proper distro packages are available.

The etcd service runs on the controller node.

Install and configure components

1. Install etcd:

   • Create etcd user:

     # groupadd --system etcd
     # useradd --home-dir "/var/lib/etcd" \
           --system \
           --shell /bin/false \
           -g etcd \
           etcd
     

   • Create the necessary directories:

     # mkdir -p /etc/etcd
     # chown etcd:etcd /etc/etcd
     # mkdir -p /var/lib/etcd
     # chown etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd
     

   • Determine your system architecture:

     # uname -m
     

   • Download and install the etcd tarball for x86_64/amd64:

     # ETCD_VER=v3.2.7
     # rm -rf /tmp/etcd && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd
     # curl -L \
           https://github.com/coreos/etcd/releases/download/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
           -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
     # tar xzvf /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
           -C /tmp/etcd --strip-components=1
     # cp /tmp/etcd/etcd /usr/bin/etcd
     # cp /tmp/etcd/etcdctl /usr/bin/etcdctl
     

     Or download and install the etcd tarball for arm64:

     # ETCD_VER=v3.2.7
     # rm -rf /tmp/etcd && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd
     # curl -L \
           https://github.com/coreos/etcd/releases/download/${ETCD_VER}/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
           -o /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-arm64.tar.gz
     # tar xzvf /tmp/etcd-${ETCD_VER}-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
           -C /tmp/etcd --strip-components=1
     # cp /tmp/etcd/etcd /usr/bin/etcd
     # cp /tmp/etcd/etcdctl /usr/bin/etcdctl
     

2. Create and edit the /etc/etcd/etcd.conf.yml file and set the initial-cluster, initial-advertise-peer-urls, advertise-client-urls, listen-client-urls to the management IP address of the controller node to enable access by other nodes via the management network:

   name: controller
   data-dir: /var/lib/etcd
   initial-cluster-state: 'new'
   initial-cluster-token: 'etcd-cluster-01'
   initial-cluster: controller=http://10.0.0.11:2380
   initial-advertise-peer-urls: http://10.0.0.11:2380
   advertise-client-urls: http://10.0.0.11:2379
   listen-peer-urls: http://0.0.0.0:2380
   listen-client-urls: http://10.0.0.11:2379
   

3. Create and edit the /usr/lib/systemd/system/etcd.service file:

   [Unit]
   After=network.target
   Description=etcd - highly-available key value store
   
   [Service]
   # Uncomment this on ARM64.
   # Environment="ETCD_UNSUPPORTED_ARCH=arm64"
   LimitNOFILE=65536
   Restart=on-failure
   Type=notify
   ExecStart=/usr/bin/etcd --config-file /etc/etcd/etcd.conf.yml
   User=etcd
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

   Reload systemd service files with:

   # systemctl daemon-reload
   

Finalize installation

1. Enable and start the etcd service:

   # systemctl enable etcd
   # systemctl start etcd