# rpk registry context

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title: rpk registry context
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description: Manage schema registry contexts. Schema contexts provide namespace isolation within the schema registry, allowing multiple independent sets of subjects and schemas to coexist.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/rpk/rpk-registry/rpk-registry-context.md -->

Manage schema registry contexts.

Schema contexts provide namespace isolation within the schema registry, allowing multiple independent sets of subjects and schemas to coexist.

Before using schema contexts, the cluster must have the schema\_registry\_enable\_qualified\_subjects configuration set to true. You can enable it with:

```bash
rpk cluster config set schema_registry_enable_qualified_subjects true
```

Use the `--schema-context` flag on the parent `registry` command to scope operations to a specific context.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk registry context [flags]
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk registry context delete | Delete a schema registry context. A context can only be deleted once all subjects within it have been hard deleted. |
| rpk registry context list | List schema registry contexts. |

## [](#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. |

## [](#suggested-reading)Suggested reading

-   [`schema_registry_enable_qualified_subjects`](https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/reference/properties/cluster-properties/#schema_registry_enable_qualified_subjects)