# rpk profile

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/agentic-data-plane/reference/rpk/rpk-profile/rpk-profile.md -->

Manage `rpk profiles`.

An `rpk profile` talks to a single Redpanda cluster. You can create multiple profiles for multiple clusters and swap between them with `rpk profile use`. Multiple profiles may be useful if, for example, you use `rpk` to talk to a localhost cluster, a dev cluster, and a prod cluster, and you want to keep your configuration in one place.

You can also use the `RPK_PROFILE` environment variable to temporarily override the current profile without modifying your configuration. The `--profile` flag takes precedence over the environment variable if both are set.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk profile [flags] [command]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -h, --help | - | Help for profile. |
| --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. |
| --ignore-profile | - | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | Profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | - | Enable verbose logging. |