export ETCDCTL_API=3 ENDPOINTS=localhost:2379 etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} role add root etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} role grant-permission root readwrite foo etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} role get root etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} user add root etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} user grant-role root root etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} user get root etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} auth enable # now all client requests go through auth etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} --user=root:123 put foo bar etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} get foo etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} --user=root:123 get foo etcdctl --endpoints=${ENDPOINTS} --user=root:123 get foo1