# rpk cluster brokers

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

Manage Redpanda cluster brokers.

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This command was introduced in version v26.2.1.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster brokers [flags]
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk cluster brokers decommission | Decommission the given broker. Decommissioning a broker removes it from the cluster. |
| rpk cluster brokers decommission-status | Show the progress of a node decommissioning. When a node is being decommissioned, this command reports the decommissioning progress as follows, where PARTITION-SIZE is in bytes. |
| rpk cluster brokers recommission | Recommission the given broker if it is still decommissioning. Recommissioning can stop an active decommission. |

## [](#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. |