# rpk cluster license info

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [streaming-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming-full.txt)

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title: rpk cluster license info
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster-license-info.md -->

Retrieve license information:

| Value | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Organization | Organization the license was generated for. |
| Type | Type of license: free, enterprise, etc. |
| Expires | Expiration date of the license. |
| License Status | Status of the loaded license (valid, expired, not_present). |
| Violation | Whether the cluster is using enterprise features without a valid license. |

## [](#usage)Usage

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

## [](#aliases)Aliases

```bash
rpk cluster license status
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --format | string | Output format (json,yaml,text,wide,help). |

## [](#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. |