# rpk redpanda admin brokers list

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title: rpk redpanda admin brokers list
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description: List the brokers in your cluster. This command lists all brokers in the cluster, active and inactive, unless they have been decommissioned.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-redpanda/rpk-redpanda-admin-brokers-list.md -->

List the brokers in your cluster.

This command lists all brokers in the cluster, active and inactive, unless they have been decommissioned. Using the “--include-decommissioned” flag, it lists decommissioned brokers with associated UUIDs too.

The output table contains the following columns:

| Value | Description |
| --- | --- |
| ID | Node ID, an exclusive identifier for a broker |
| HOST | Internal RPC address for communication between brokers |
| PORT | Internal RPC port for communication between brokers |
| RACK | Assigned rack ID |
| CORES | Number of cores (shards) on a broker |
| MEMBERSHIP | Whether a broker is decommissioned or not |
| IS-ALIVE | Whether a broker is alive or offline |
| VERSION | Broker version |
| UUID (Optional) | Additional exclusive identifier for a broker |

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> The UUID column is hidden when the cluster doesn’t expose the UUID in the Admin API, or the API call fails to retrieve UUIDs.

Use the `--detailed` flag to display an additional DISK SPACE section showing per-mount-path disk usage for each broker. The disk space table has the following columns:

| Value | Description |
| --- | --- |
| NODE-ID | Broker node ID |
| PATH | Mount path on the broker |
| FREE | Free disk space (human-readable) |
| TOTAL | Total disk space (human-readable) |
| USED% | Percentage of disk space used |

When using `--format json` or `--format yaml`, disk space information is always included regardless of the `--detailed` flag.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk redpanda admin brokers list [flags]
```

## [](#aliases)Aliases

```bash
rpk redpanda admin brokers ls
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --detailed | bool | If true, include per-broker disk space information. |
| --format | string | Output format (json,yaml,text,wide,help). |
| -d, --include-decommissioned | bool | If true, include decommissioned brokers. |

## [](#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. |