Distributed state store supporting multiple protocols

A system comprising:

• a processing resource;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium, coupled to the processing resource, having stored therein instructions that when executed by the processing resource cause the processing resource to:
• implement a distributed state store that supports multiple protocols via protocol gateways and native protocol support, wherein the distributed data store stores container state accessible by a plurality of client containers via a plurality of nodes of the distributed state store across which the container state is replicated;
• responsive to receipt from a first client container of the plurality of client containers of a storage request via a first application programming interface (API) method of the distributed state store that is associated with a first protocol, store the container state within the distributed state store;
• and
• responsive to receipt from a second client container of the plurality of client containers of an access request via a second API method of the distributed state store that is associated with a second protocol, return the container state to the second client container via the second protocol.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processing resource of a computer system, cause the processing resource to:

• responsive to receipt from a first client container of a plurality of client containers of a storage request relating to container state via a first application programming interface (API) method of a distributed state store that is associated with a first protocol, store the container state within the distributed state store;
• responsive to receipt from a second client container of the plurality of client containers of an access request via a second API method of the distributed state store that is associated with a second protocol, return the container state to the second client container via the second protocol;
• and
• provide protocol gateways within the distributed state store that translate requests via API methods not natively supported by the distributed state store to an API method natively supported by the distributed state store and pass the translated requests to the distributed state store.