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+# How to Deploy an Etcd Cluster on Kubernetes
+
+There may be several ways to deploy an etcd cluster. The following is an example of deploying a cluster using an etcd operator; it was tested on kubernetes 1.8.5. Information about the etcd operator and how to deploy it seems to change frequently; check out the following links:
+* https://coreos.com/blog/introducing-the-etcd-operator.html
+* https://github.com/coreos/etcd-operator/blob/master/README.md
+
+The procedure uses the default namespace and the default ServiceAccount. For voltha we'd likely want to use a voltha-specific namespace and ServiceAccount.
+
+Another issue to explore is role scope. Do we create a role global to the cluster, i.e. ClusterRole, or do we create a more constrained Role.
+
+Set up basic RBAC rules for the etcd operator:
+
+1. Create a ClusterRole called etcd-operator.
+```
+kubectl create -f cluster_role.yml
+kubectl get clusterrole
+```
+2. Create a ClusterRoleBinding that binds the default service account in the default namespace to the new role.
+```
+kubectl create -f cluster_role_binding.yml
+kubectl get clusterrolebinding
+```
+Deploy the etcd operator.
+```
+kubectl create -f operator.yml
+```
+The etcd operator will automatically create a CustomResourceDefinition (CRD).
+```
+$ kubectl get customresourcedefinitions
+NAME                                    AGE
+etcdclusters.etcd.database.coreos.com   4m
+```
+Deploy the etcd cluster.
+```
+kubectl create -f etcd_cluster.yml
+```
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diff --git a/k8s/operator/etcd/cluster_role.yml b/k8s/operator/etcd/cluster_role.yml
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+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: etcd-operator
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - etcd.database.coreos.com
+  resources:
+  - etcdclusters
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - apiextensions.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - customresourcedefinitions
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - storage.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - storageclasses
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups: 
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  - services
+  - endpoints
+  - persistentvolumeclaims
+  - events
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+- apiGroups:
+  - apps
+  resources:
+  - deployments
+  verbs:
+  - "*"
+
diff --git a/k8s/operator/etcd/cluster_role_binding.yml b/k8s/operator/etcd/cluster_role_binding.yml
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+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: etcd-operator
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: etcd-operator
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: default
+  namespace: default
+
diff --git a/k8s/operator/etcd/etcd_cluster.yml b/k8s/operator/etcd/etcd_cluster.yml
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+apiVersion: "etcd.database.coreos.com/v1beta2"
+kind: "EtcdCluster"
+metadata:
+  name: "etcd"
+spec:
+  size: 3
+  version: "3.2.9"
+
diff --git a/k8s/operator/etcd/operator.yml b/k8s/operator/etcd/operator.yml
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+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: etcd-operator
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        name: etcd-operator
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: etcd-operator
+        image: quay.io/coreos/etcd-operator:v0.7.2
+        command:
+        - etcd-operator
+        env:
+        - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: MY_POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+