# rpk Commands

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

This page contains an alphabetized list of `rpk` commands. Each command includes a table of flags and their descriptions.

You can also get descriptions for each flag by running `rpk <command> --help` in your locally-installed Redpanda, and you can get descriptions of all rpk-specific options by running [`rpk -X help`](rpk-x-options/).

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> All `rpk` commands feature autocompletion. To use the feature, press tab. See [`rpk generate shell-completion`](rpk-generate/rpk-generate-shell-completion/).

For information on deprecated `rpk` commands and flags, see [Deprecated features - rpk commands](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/upgrade/deprecated/#rpk-commands).

-   [rpk](rpk/)

    `rpk` is the Redpanda CLI and toolbox for managing Redpanda clusters, topics, consumer groups, and streaming pipelines.

-   [rpk](rpk-commands/)

    The `rpk` is Redpanda's command line interface (CLI) utility.

-   [rpk -X](rpk-x-options/)

    This command lets you override `rpk` configuration options.

-   [rpk check](rpk-check/rpk-check/)

    Run production readiness checks for a Redpanda deployment.

-   [rpk cluster](rpk-cluster/rpk-cluster/)

    Manage and inspect Redpanda cluster configuration, health, and maintenance operations.

-   [rpk connect](rpk-connect/rpk-connect/)

    Run and manage Redpanda Connect streaming pipelines. Redpanda Connect is a high-performance stream processor for mundane data engineering tasks.

-   [rpk container](rpk-container/rpk-container/)

    Manage a local Redpanda container cluster for development and testing. Creates containers using Docker or Podman.

-   [rpk debug](rpk-debug/rpk-debug/)

    Debug the local Redpanda process.

-   [rpk generate](rpk-generate/rpk-generate/)

    Generate a configuration template for related services.

-   [rpk group](rpk-group/rpk-group/)

    Describe, list, and delete consumer groups and manage their offsets. Consumer groups allow you to horizontally scale consuming from topics.

-   [rpk help](rpk-help/)

    Help provides help for any command in the application. Simply type `rpk help` \[path to command\] for full details.

-   [rpk iotune](rpk-iotune/)

    Measure filesystem performance and create IO configuration file.

-   [rpk k8s](rpk-k8s/rpk-k8s/)

    Interact with Redpanda clusters running on Kubernetes.

-   [rpk plugin](rpk-plugin/rpk-plugin/)

    List, download, update, and remove `rpk` plugins. Plugins augment `rpk` with new commands.

-   [rpk profile](rpk-profile/rpk-profile/)

    Manage `rpk` profiles. An rpk profile talks to a single Redpanda cluster.

-   [rpk redpanda](rpk-redpanda/rpk-redpanda/)

    Interact with a local Redpanda process.

-   [rpk registry](rpk-registry/rpk-registry/)

    Commands to interact with the schema registry.

-   [rpk security](rpk-security/rpk-security/)

    Manage Redpanda security.

-   [rpk shadow](rpk-shadow/rpk-shadow/)

    Manage Redpanda Shadow Links. Shadowing is Redpanda's enterprise-grade disaster recovery solution that establishes asynchronous, offset-preserving replication between two distinct Redpanda clusters.

-   [rpk topic](rpk-topic/rpk-topic/)

    Manage Kafka topics, including creating, deleting, and configuring topics. Also includes commands for producing and consuming messages.

-   [rpk transform](rpk-transform/rpk-transform/)

    Develop, build, deploy, and manage WebAssembly (Wasm) data transforms for Redpanda.

-   [rpk version](rpk-version/)

    Prints the current `rpk` and Redpanda version. This command prints the current `rpk` version and allows you to list the Redpanda version running on each node in your cluster.