Streaming

rpk Commands

This page contains an alphabetized list of rpk commands. Each command includes a table of flags and their descriptions.

You can also get descriptions for each flag by running rpk <command> --help in your locally-installed Redpanda, and you can get descriptions of all rpk-specific options by running rpk -X help.

All rpk commands feature autocompletion. To use the feature, press tab. See rpk generate shell-completion.

For information on deprecated rpk commands and flags, see Deprecated features - rpk commands.

  • rpk

    rpk is the Redpanda CLI and toolbox for managing Redpanda clusters, topics, consumer groups, and streaming pipelines.

  • rpk

    The rpk is Redpanda's command line interface (CLI) utility.

  • rpk -X

    This command lets you override rpk configuration options.

  • rpk cluster

    Manage and inspect Redpanda cluster configuration, health, and maintenance operations.

  • rpk connect

    Run and manage Redpanda Connect streaming pipelines. Redpanda Connect is a high-performance stream processor for mundane data engineering tasks.

  • rpk container

    Manage a local Redpanda container cluster for development and testing. Creates containers using Docker or Podman.

  • rpk debug

    Debug the local Redpanda process.

  • rpk generate

    Generate a configuration template for related services.

  • rpk group

    Manage Kafka consumer groups, including listing groups, viewing lag, and resetting offsets.

  • rpk help

    Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type rpk help [path to command] for full details.

  • rpk iotune

    Measure filesystem performance and create IO configuration file.

  • rpk plugin

    List, download, update, and remove rpk plugins. Plugins augment rpk with new commands.

  • rpk profile

    Manage rpk configuration profiles. Profiles store connection settings for different clusters, making it easy to switch between environments.

  • rpk redpanda

    Interact with a local Redpanda process.

  • rpk registry

    Commands to interact with the schema registry.

  • rpk security

    Manage Redpanda security.

  • rpk shadow

    Manage Redpanda Shadow Links. Shadowing is Redpanda's enterprise-grade disaster recovery solution that establishes asynchronous, offset-preserving replication between two distinct Redpanda clusters.

  • rpk topic

    Manage Kafka topics, including creating, deleting, and configuring topics. Also includes commands for producing and consuming messages.

  • rpk transform

    Develop, build, deploy, and manage WebAssembly (Wasm) data transforms for Redpanda.

  • rpk version

    Prints the current rpk and Redpanda version. This command prints the current rpk version and allows you to list the Redpanda version running on each node in your cluster.