According to debian this is fixed in 2.3.1, which 17.04 has. Marking as fixed as a result
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #821012 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=821012 ** Also affects: etcd (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=821012 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: etcd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658003 Title: etcd's init.d script has bug in it so it's unusable via service. It's fixed in newer version - please see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=821012 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/etcd/+bug/1658003/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs