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. The commands feature autocompletion. For more information, see rpk generate shell-completion.

• rpk

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

• rpk options

  This command lets you override rpk configuration options.

• rpk acl

  These commands let you create SASL users and create, list, and delete ACLs.

• rpk cloud

  These commands let you interact with Repanda Cloud.

• rpk cluster

  These commands let you interact with a Redpanda cluster.

• rpk container

  These commands let you manage (start, stop, purge) a local container cluster.

• rpk debug

  These commands let you debug the local Redpanda process and collect a diagnostics bundle.

• rpk generate

  These commands let you generate a configuration template for related services.

• rpk group

  These commands let you describe, list, and delete consumer groups and manage their offsets.

• rpk help

  This command provides additional information for any command in the application.

• rpk iotune

  This command measures the I/O performance of the hardware used by a Redpanda instance.

• rpk plugin

  These commands let you list, download, update, and remove rpk plugins.

• rpk profile

  These commands let you manage rpk profiles.

• rpk redpanda

  These commands let you interact with (start, stop, tune) a local Redpanda process.

• rpk topic

  These commands let you manage your topics, including creating, producing, and consuming new messages.

• rpk version

  This command checks the current version of rpk.