Introduction

etcdgo is a library to push/pull configurations inside etcd databases. Supported filetypes are the following:

• JSON
• Yaml
• INI

Usage example:

import etcd3
import etcdgo

client = etcd3.Etcd3Client(host='127.0.0.1', port=4003)

# push a json configuration inside database
config = etcdgo.get_config(client, "json")
config.push("myconfig", "myfile.json")

# push a yaml configuration inside database
config = etcdgo.get_config(client, "yaml")
config.push("myconfig", "myfile.yaml")

# push a ini configuration inside database
config = etcdgo.get_config(client, "ini")
config.push("myconfig", "myfile.ini")

# pull data from etcd database
data = config.pull("myconfig")

To install the library:

pip install etcdgo

Push/pull via command line

etcdgo library contains a tool called etcdgo-cli which can be used to push/pull configurations inside an etcd database.

# push ini configuration
$ etcdgo-cli \
    --hostname 10.0.1.21 \
    --port 2379 \
    --basefile /configs \
    push pytest0 pytest.ini

# pull configuration
$ etcdgo-cli \
    --hostname 10.0.1.21 \
    --port 2379 \
    --basefile /configs \
    pull --output-type=ini pytest0
[pytest]
addopts = -vv -s
log_cli = True
log_level = DEBUG

etcdgo-cli will automatically recognize the file extension and push it as needed, but pull command needs to specify the output type, via --output-type option.

How data is stored

Before pushing configurations inside an etcd database, all files are converted into a dictionary and then flatten. The basefolder is given to the configuration object and it's the root of our configurations.

For example:

import etcd3
import etcdgo

client = etcd3.Etcd3Client(host='127.0.0.1', port=4003)
config = etcdgo.get_config(client, "ini", basefolder="/configs")
config.push("foods", "myconfig.ini")

Our myconfig.ini configuration:

[apple]
color = red
taste = sweet

[coffee]
color = black
taste = bitter

Once myconfig.ini is pushed into etcd, it will be flatten as following:

/configs/foods/apple/color = 'red'
/configs/foods/apple/taste = 'sweet'
/configs/foods/coffee/color = 'black'
/configs/foods/coffee/taste = 'bitter'

Yaml/JSON configurations are flatten with the same principle. In this case, lists are stored as strings.

For example:

import etcd3
import etcdgo

client = etcd3.Etcd3Client(host='127.0.0.1', port=4003)
config = etcdgo.get_config(client, "json", basefolder="/configs")
config.push("foods", "myconfig.json")

Our myconfig.json configuration:

{
    "fruits" : {
        "apple" : {
            "color": "red",
            "taste": "sweet"
        },
        "coffee" : {
            "color": "black",
            "taste": "bitter"
        },
    },
    "sets" : ["fruits", "vegetables" ]
}

Once myconfig.json is pushed into etcd, it will be flatten as following:

/configs/foods/fruits/apple/color = 'red'
/configs/foods/fruits/apple/taste = 'sweet'
/configs/foods/fruits/coffee/color = 'black'
/configs/foods/fruits/coffee/taste = 'bitter'
/configs/foods/sets = '["fruits", "vegetables"]'