github.com/macb/etcd@v0.3.1-0.20140227003422-a60481c6b1a0/mod/README.md (about)

     1  ## Etcd modules
     2  
     3  etcd modules (mods) are higher order pieces of functionality that only
     4  speak to the client etcd API and are presented in the `/mod` HTTP path
     5  of the etcd service.
     6  
     7  The basic idea is that etcd can ship things like dashboards, master
     8  election APIs and other helpful services that would normally have to
     9  stand up and talk to an etcd cluster directly in the binary. It is a
    10  convienence and hopefully eases complexity in deployments.