# rpk redpanda start

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-redpanda/rpk-redpanda-start.md -->

Start redpanda.

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

## [](#set-up-a-mode)Set up a mode

Redpanda supports a `dev-container` mode with preset configuration for development and test environments.

Run the following command to start Redpanda in `dev-container` mode:

```bash
rpk redpanda start --mode dev-container
```

This mode bundles the following flags and cluster properties:

Bundled flags:

-   [`--overprovisioned`](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-redpanda/rpk-redpanda-mode/#development-mode) (disables thread affinity and other production guards; see [`rpk redpanda mode`](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/26.1/reference/rpk/rpk-redpanda/rpk-redpanda-mode/#development-mode) for details)

-   `--reserve-memory 0M`

-   `--check=false`

-   `--unsafe-bypass-fsync`


Bundled cluster properties:

-   `write_caching_default: true`

-   `auto_create_topics_enabled: true`

-   `group_topic_partitions: 3`

-   `storage_min_free_bytes: 10485760 (10MiB)`

-   `topic_partitions_per_shard: 1000`

-   `fetch_reads_debounce_timeout: 10`


After Redpanda starts, you can modify cluster properties by running:

```bash
rpk config set <key> <value>
```

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk redpanda start [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --advertise-kafka-addr | stringSlice | A comma-separated list of Kafka addresses to advertise (scheme://host:port|name). |
| --advertise-pandaproxy-addr | stringSlice | A comma-separated list of Pandaproxy addresses to advertise (scheme://host:port|name). |
| --advertise-rpc-addr | string | The advertised RPC address (host:port). |
| --check | bool | When set to false will disable system checking before starting redpanda. |
| --install-dir | string | Directory where Redpanda has been installed. |
| --kafka-addr | stringSlice | A comma-separated list of Kafka listener addresses to bind to (scheme://host:port|name). |
| --mode | string | Mode sets well-known configuration properties for development or test environments; use --mode help for more info. |
| --node-tuner-state-path | string | Alternative path to read the node tuner state file from (if exists). |
| --pandaproxy-addr | stringSlice | A comma-separated list of Pandaproxy listener addresses to bind to (scheme://host:port|name). |
| --rpc-addr | string | The RPC address to bind to (host:port). |
| --schema-registry-addr | stringSlice | A comma-separated list of Schema Registry listener addresses to bind to (scheme://host:port|name). |
| -s, --seeds | stringSlice | A comma-separated list of seed nodes to connect to (scheme://host:port|name). |
| --timeout | duration | The maximum time to wait for the checks and tune processes to complete (for example, 300ms, 1.5s, 2h45m). |
| --tune | bool | When present will enable tuning before starting redpanda. |
| --well-known-io | string | The cloud provider and VM type, in the format <provider>:<vm type>:<storage type>. |

## [](#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. |