1--- 2layout: "language" 3page_title: "Backend Type: etcd" 4sidebar_current: "docs-backends-types-standard-etcdv2" 5description: |- 6 Terraform can store state remotely in etcd 2.x. 7--- 8 9# etcd 10 11**Kind: Standard (with no locking)** 12 13Stores the state in [etcd 2.x](https://coreos.com/etcd/docs/latest/v2/README.html) at a given path. 14 15## Example Configuration 16 17```hcl 18terraform { 19 backend "etcd" { 20 path = "path/to/terraform.tfstate" 21 endpoints = "http://one:4001 http://two:4001" 22 } 23} 24``` 25 26## Data Source Configuration 27 28```hcl 29data "terraform_remote_state" "foo" { 30 backend = "etcd" 31 config = { 32 path = "path/to/terraform.tfstate" 33 endpoints = "http://one:4001 http://two:4001" 34 } 35} 36``` 37 38## Configuration variables 39 40The following configuration options are supported: 41 42 * `path` - (Required) The path where to store the state 43 * `endpoints` - (Required) A space-separated list of the etcd endpoints 44 * `username` - (Optional) The username 45 * `password` - (Optional) The password 46