Prerequisites Install etcdctl Procedure Use the get subcommand to read from etcd: $ etcdctl --endpoints=$ENDPOINTS get foo foo Hello World! $ where: foo is the requested key Hello World! is the retrieved value Or, for formatted output: $ etcdctl --endpoints=$ENDPOINTS --write-out="json" get foo {"header":{"cluster_id":289318470931837780,"member_id":14947050114012957595,"revision":3,"raft_term":4, "kvs":[{"key":"Zm9v","create_revision":2,"mod_revision":3,"version":2,"value":"SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh"}...