Installing rpk
Redpanda Keeper (rpk) is a single binary application that provides a way to interact with your Redpanda clusters from the command line.
You can install rpk
as part of a bundle that includes redpanda
(see the Install Redpanda for instructions), or you can install the rpk
binary separately.
If you are preparing to deploy a BYOC cluster using the Redpanda Cloud UI, for example, you only need to install the rpk
binary.
For a list of all rpk commands and their syntax, refer to rpk documentation.
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To install the rpk binary as a standalone application, follow the instructions for your operating system.
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Linux
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macOS
Download the rpk
archive for Linux:
curl -LO https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/latest/download/rpk-linux-amd64.zip
Ensure that you have the folder ~/.local/bin
:
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
Add it to your $PATH
:
export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH"
Unzip the rpk
files to your ~/.local/bin/
directory:
unzip rpk-linux-amd64.zip -d ~/.local/bin/
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Intel macOS
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Apple Silicon
Download the rpk
archive for macOS:
curl -LO https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/latest/download/rpk-darwin-amd64.zip
Ensure that you have the folder ~/.local/bin
:
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
Add it to your $PATH
:
export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH"
Unzip the rpk
files to your ~/.local/bin/
directory:
unzip rpk-darwin-amd64.zip -d ~/.local/bin/
Download the rpk
archive for macOS:
curl -LO https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/releases/latest/download/rpk-darwin-arm64.zip
Ensure that you have the folder ~/.local/bin
:
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
Add it to your $PATH
:
export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH"
Unzip the rpk
files to your ~/.local/bin/
directory:
unzip rpk-darwin-arm64.zip -d ~/.local/bin/
After the files have been unzipped, run rpk version
to display the rpk binary version.
rpk version
The output displays the version number. For example:
v22.2.6 (rev 449eef2)