In this configuration snippet, we are setting up clustering for the etcd distributed key-value store. Etcd is a critical component of Kubernetes and other container orchestration systems as it provides reliable storage for cluster state and configuration data.
The first two lines set the URLs that will be used to advertise the peer and client endpoints for this node. We use HTTPS as the transport protocol, and we set these URLs to include the IP address of the current server.
The next line sets up the initial cluster configuration using a comma-separated list of name-value pairs. Each pair represents a single etcd member in the cluster, with its name followed by its peer URL.
Finally, we set up an initial token and state for this new cluster. The token is an arbitrary string that identifies this particular etcd cluster, while the state indicates whether this is a new or existing cluster. In our case, we’re starting a new one.
With these settings in place across all nodes in our etcd cluster, they should be able to communicate with each other and coordinate their operations. This allows them to provide highly available storage even if individual nodes fail or become unreachable.