Kubernetes Homelab Build: etcd Cluster Bootstrapped as Systemd Service

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A developer working through the 'Kubernetes the Hard Way' homelab guide has completed Step 07, which involves setting up the etcd cluster on a controller node. etcd serves as Kubernetes' core database, storing the entire state of the cluster. The setup involved transferring etcd binaries and a service unit file to the server node, then configuring and enabling etcd as a systemd service. TLS certificates from a previous step were used to secure the etcd data directory. The process concluded successfully, with etcd confirmed running as a single-member cluster named 'controller'.

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