Python Pieces – Working with etcd
Ah ha! Surprise – I’ve decided that in addition to the blog posts on MPLS and ExaBGP that I might as well start up a third series. Well – that’s not entirely true – but instead of trying to mix all sorts of details about Python into the blog posts, I thought I might split out some of the larger pieces. So Im starting a new series called “Python Pieces” where I’m going to pick one module, concept, or whatever else I decided warrants a post and talk about how to use it. Then – if/when I use that in one of my other posts – you’ve got a handy reference and starting point. I hope this makes the other posts less “all over the place” but we’ll see.
So – in my first edition of Python Pieces we’re going to talk about working with etcd from Python. For those of you that don’t know what etcd is – it’s a pretty popular key value store that’s used with lots of the more recent projects (Kubernetes comes to mind). What’s likely more important about etcd though is that it’s capable of being a distributed key value store which makes it Continue reading
