etcd/Documentation/dl_build.md

Download and Build

System Requirements

TODO

Download the Pre-built Binary

The easiest way to get etcd is to use one of the pre-built release binaries which are available for OSX, Linux, Windows, appc, and Docker. Instructions for using these binaries are on the GitHub releases page.

Build the Latest Version

For those wanting to try the very latest version, you can build the latest version of etcd from the master branch. Go version 1.5+ is required to build the latest version of etcd.

Here are the commands to build an etcd binary from the master branch:

# go is required
$ go version
go version go1.6 darwin/amd64

# GOPATH should be set correctly
$ echo $GOPATH
/Users/example/go

$ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/coreos
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/coreos
$ git clone github.com:coreos/etcd.git
$ cd etcd
$ ./build
$ ./bin/etcd
...

Test your Installation

Check the etcd binary is built correctly by starting etcd and setting a key.

Start etcd:

$ ./bin/etcd

Set a key:

$ ETCDCTL_API=3 ./bin/etcdctl put foo bar
OK

If OK is printed, then etcd is working!