# etcd 3.7 Documentation

> Official etcd 3.7 guides for developers, operators, upgrades, APIs, and internals.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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etcd is a strongly consistent, distributed key-value store. These guides cover installing and
operating etcd, building applications against its APIs, understanding its design, measuring
performance, and upgrading or downgrading clusters in the 3.7 release line.

Start with [Quickstart](/docs/etcd/quickstart/) for a local single-member cluster, [Install](/docs/etcd/install/)
for supported installation paths, or [Operations guide](/docs/etcd/op-guide/) for production deployments.

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Section pages:

- [Tasks](/docs/etcd/tasks/): This section provides task-focused guides for developers building applications with etcd, and for operators responsible for deploying, configuring, and maintaining etcd clusters.
- [Quickstart](/docs/etcd/quickstart/): Get etcd up and running in less than 5 minutes!
- [Demo](/docs/etcd/demo/): Procedures for working with an etcd cluster
- [Install](/docs/etcd/install/): Instructions for installing etcd from pre-built binaries or from source.
- [Feature Gates](/docs/etcd/feature-gates/)
- [FAQ](/docs/etcd/faq/): Frequently asked questions
- [Libraries and tools](/docs/etcd/integrations/): A listing of etcd tools and client libraries
- [Metrics](/docs/etcd/metrics/): Metrics for real-time monitoring and debugging
- [Reporting bugs](/docs/etcd/reporting_bugs/): How to file issue reports for the etcd project
- [Tuning](/docs/etcd/tuning/): When to update the heartbeat interval and election timeout settings
- [Internals](/docs/etcd/dev-internal/): Discovery, logging, and Go module conventions for etcd contributors.
- [Learning](/docs/etcd/learning/): Learning resources
- [Developer guide](/docs/etcd/dev-guide/): etcd guide for developers
- [Operations guide](/docs/etcd/op-guide/): etcd installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting guides
- [Benchmarks](/docs/etcd/benchmarks/): Performance measures for etcd
- [Downgrading](/docs/etcd/downgrades/): Downgrading etcd clusters and applications
- [Upgrading](/docs/etcd/upgrades/): Upgrading etcd clusters and applications
- [Triage](/docs/etcd/triage/): Managing changes in etcd

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Backlinks:

- [Attribution](/attribution/)
- [Documentation](/docs/)