Docs Self-Managed Reference rpk Commands rpk cluster rpk cluster storage rpk cluster storage restore rpk cluster storage restore Interact with the topic restoration process. This command is used to restore topics from the archival bucket, which can be useful for disaster recovery or if a topic was accidentally deleted. To begin the recovery process, use the restore start command. Note that this process can take a while to complete, so the command will exit after starting it. If you want the command to wait for the process to finish, use the --wait or -w flag. You can check the status of the recovery process with the restore status command after it has been started. See also: Whole Cluster Restore for Disaster Recovery. Usage rpk cluster storage restore [command] [flags] Aliases restore, recovery Flags Value Type Description -h, --help - Help for restore. --config string Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are /var/lib/redpanda/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. -X, --config-opt stringArray Override rpk configuration settings. See rpk -X or execute rpk -X help for inline detail or rpk -X list for terser detail. --profile string Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details. -v, --verbose - Enable verbose logging. Back to top × Simple online edits For simple changes, such as fixing a typo, you can edit the content directly on GitHub. Edit on GitHub Or, open an issue to let us know about something that you want us to change. Open an issue Contribution guide For extensive content updates, or if you prefer to work locally, read our contribution guide . Was this helpful? thumb_up thumb_down group Ask in the community mail Share your feedback group_add Make a contribution rpk cluster storage unmount rpk cluster storage restore start