# rpk cluster info

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description: Request broker metadata information. The Kafka protocol's metadata contains information about brokers, topics, and the cluster as a whole.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster-info.md -->

Request broker metadata information.

The Kafka protocol’s metadata contains information about brokers, topics, and the cluster as a whole.

This command only runs if specific sections of metadata are requested. There are currently three sections: the cluster, the list of brokers, and the topics. If no section is specified, this defaults to printing all sections.

If the topic section is requested, all topics are requested by default unless some are manually specified as arguments. Expanded per-partition information can be printed with the `-d` flag, and internal topics can be printed with the `-i` flag.

In the broker section, the controller node is suffixed with \*.

Using this command with `--format json/yaml` implies that all sections are included.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster info [flags]
```

## [](#aliases)Aliases

```bash
rpk cluster status
rpk cluster metadata
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --format | string | Output format (json,yaml,text,wide,help). |
| -b, --print-brokers | bool | Print brokers section. |
| -c, --print-cluster | bool | Print cluster section. |
| -d, --print-detailed-topics | bool | Print per-partition information for topics (implies -t). |
| -i, --print-internal-topics | bool | Print internal topics (if all topics requested, implies -t). |
| -t, --print-topics | bool | Print topics section (implied if any topics are specified). |

## [](#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. |