# rpk redpanda config

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Edit configuration.

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This command is only available on Linux.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk redpanda config [flags]
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk redpanda config bootstrap | Initialize the configuration to bootstrap a cluster. This command generates a redpanda.yaml configuration file to bootstrap a cluster. |
| rpk redpanda config init | This command has been deprecated. |
| rpk redpanda config print | Display the selected node configuration. |
| rpk redpanda config set | Set node configuration values, such as the list of seed servers or the ports that various APIs listen on This command modifies the redpanda.yaml you have locally on disk. The first argument is the key within the yaml representing a property / field that you would like to set. |

## [](#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. |