# rpk cloud byoc

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/23.3/reference/rpk/rpk-cloud/rpk-cloud-byoc.md -->

Manage a Redpanda Cloud BYOC agent.

Redpanda installs an agent service in your BYOC cluster. The agent then provisions infrastructure and, eventually, a full Redpanda cluster. The command downloads the `byoc` plugin from Redpanda Cloud and can execute many operations.

The BYOC command runs Terraform to create and start the agent. You first need a `redpanda-id` (or cluster ID); this is used to get the details of how your agent should be provisioned. You can create a BYOC cluster in the Redpanda Cloud UI and then come back to this command to complete the process.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cloud byoc [command] [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --client-id | string | The client ID of the organization in Redpanda Cloud. |
| --client-secret | string | The client secret of the organization in Redpanda Cloud. |
| -h, --help | - | Help for byoc. |
| --redpanda-id | string | The redpanda ID of the cluster you are creating. |
| --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. |
| --profile | string | Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details. |
| -v, --verbose | - | Enable verbose logging. |