The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for executing a script by a distributed system, the distributed system comprises a coordinator node and a participant node, the method comprises thefollowing steps: acquiring and analyzing a script, wherein the script comprises a node key value and an operation command; acquiring state information of participant nodes, wherein the state information comprises node key distribution slot position information; and sending the operation command to the participant node according to the node key value and the node key distribution slot position information. Scripts can be executed in a distributed system, the development cost is reduced, and the efficiency is improved. The invention further discloses a corresponding device.