# Introduction to Redpanda Console > 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) --- title: Introduction to Redpanda Console latest-redpanda-tag: v26.1.9 latest-console-tag: v3.7.3 latest-operator-version: v26.1.4 # EOL = End-of-Life (support lifecycle status) page-is-nearing-eol: "false" page-is-past-eol: "false" page-eol-date: March 31, 2027 latest-connect-version: 4.93.0 docname: index page-component-name: streaming page-version: "26.1" page-component-version: "26.1" page-component-title: Streaming page-relative-src-path: index.adoc page-edit-url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/docs/edit/main/modules/console/pages/index.adoc description: "Learn about Redpanda Console: a web interface for managing and interacting with Redpanda clusters." page-git-created-date: "2023-05-17" page-git-modified-date: "2026-05-26" support-status: supported --- Redpanda Console is a web interface for managing and interacting with Redpanda clusters. Built to provide a seamless experience for developers working with streaming data, Redpanda Console simplifies tasks associated with managing data streams, offering a UI that helps you monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize your streaming workloads. ![overview](_images/overview.png) ## [](#cluster-management)Cluster management Explore a comprehensive overview of your cluster, including: - **Broker monitoring**: View and manage the health, status, and configurations of your brokers. - **Topic management**: Create, configure, and monitor topics, including detailed information on partitions, replicas, and message counts. - **Consumer group insights**: Track the activity and performance of your consumer groups, manage offsets, and identify potential bottlenecks. - [**Shadow link management**](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/manage/disaster-recovery/shadowing/overview/): Create shadow links for asynchronous, offset-preserving replication between distinct Redpanda clusters. The shadow cluster operates in read-only mode while continuously receiving updates from the source cluster. During a disaster, you can failover individual topics or an entire shadow link to make resources fully writable for production traffic. ![broker overview](_images/broker-overview.png) ## [](#data-observability-and-debugging)Data observability and debugging Observe and debug your streaming data: - **Message inspection**: Browse and filter messages within your topics, with options to search by key, timestamp, or custom filters. See [Paginate Messages in Redpanda Console](ui/paginate-messages-events/) to inspect large result sets. - [**Programmable push filters**](ui/programmable-push-filters/): Write custom JavaScript filters to isolate specific messages, enabling deep inspection and debugging. - **Rewind and Replay**: Roll back consumer offsets to reprocess messages, allowing you to correct issues or replay data as needed. ![topic](_images/topic.png) ## [](#access-control)Access control Manage Redpanda users and control who has access to Redpanda Console: - **Visual ACL management**: Create, view, and manage ACLs, ensuring that your data is secure and access is properly controlled. - **Rotate credentials**: Update user and service account passwords to maintain security without downtime. - **Identity provider integration**: For enterprise users, Redpanda Console integrates with identity providers (IdPs) for single sign-on (SSO), making user management straightforward and secure. ![user](_images/user.png) ## [](#schema-management)Schema management [Manage and browse your schemas](ui/schema-reg/), ensuring your data is correctly structured and validated across your streams. ![schema reg](_images/schema-reg.png) ## [](#connectivity-and-integrations)Connectivity and integrations View and manage Kafka Connect clusters and connectors, simplifying the integration of external systems with your streaming data. > 📝 **NOTE: Community** > > **Kafka Connect is community-supported on [Redpanda Community Slack](https://redpanda.com/slack)**. Redpanda Data does not provide enterprise support for Kafka Connect with Redpanda Console. For a supported and scalable Kafka Connect alternative, try [Redpanda Connect](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/get-started/). ## [](#who-should-use-redpanda-console)Who should use Redpanda Console? Redpanda Console is designed for: - **Developers** who need to manage, monitor, and debug streaming data without the overhead of complex CLI tools. - **Data engineers** who require a robust interface to manage Redpanda clusters and ensure data pipelines are running smoothly. - **DevOps engineers** who want a single place to monitor the health and performance of streaming data infrastructure. - **Security teams** who need to configure and audit access controls within the data streaming environment. ## [](#suggested-videos)Suggested videos - [Demo: Redpanda Console](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDYSpC7JcU) ## [](#next-steps)Next steps [Get started](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/get-started/quick-start/)