# rpk cloud cluster select

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [cloud-data-platform-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform-full.txt)

---
title: rpk cloud cluster select
latest-operator-version: v26.2.2
latest-console-tag: v3.10.0
latest-connect-version: 4.105.0
docname: rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-cluster-select
page-component-name: cloud-data-platform
page-version: master
page-component-version: master
page-component-title: Cloud
page-relative-src-path: rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-cluster-select.adoc
page-edit-url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/cloud-docs/edit/main/modules/reference/pages/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-cluster-select.adoc
description: Update your rpk profile to talk to the requested cluster.
page-git-created-date: "2024-07-25"
page-git-modified-date: "2026-08-11"
---

<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-cluster-select.md -->

Update your rpk profile to talk to the requested cluster.

This command is essentially an alias for the following command:

```bash
rpk profile create --from-cloud=${NAME}
```

If you want to name this profile rather than creating or updating values in the default cloud-dedicated profile, you can use the `--profile` flag.

For serverless clusters that support both public and private networking, you will be prompted to select a network type unless you specify `--serverless-network`. To avoid prompts in automation, explicitly set `--serverless-network` to `public` or `private`.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cloud cluster select <name> [flags]
```

## [](#aliases)Aliases

```bash
rpk cloud cluster use
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --profile | string | Name of a profile to create or update (avoids updating rpk-cloud). |
| --serverless-network | string | Networking type for serverless clusters: public or private (if not specified, will prompt if both are available). |

## [](#global-flags)Global flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are ~/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings; -X help for detail or -X list for terser detail. |
| --ignore-profile | bool | Ignore rpk.yaml and redpanda.yaml; use default settings. |
| --profile | string | rpk profile to use. |
| -v, --verbose | bool | Enable verbose logging. |