# rpk cluster config status

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

Get the configuration status of Redpanda brokers.

For each broker, the command output shows:

-   Whether you need to restart the broker to apply the new settings

-   Any settings that the broker has flagged as invalid or unknown


The command also returns the version of cluster configuration that each broker has applied. The version should be the same across all brokers, and it is incremented each time a configuration change is applied to the cluster. If a broker is using an earlier version as indicated by a lower number, it may be out of sync with the rest of the cluster. This can happen if a broker is offline or if it has not yet applied the latest configuration changes. The cluster configuration version number is not the same as the Redpanda version number.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk cluster config status [flags]
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -h, --help | - | Help for status. |
| --config | string | Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are /var/lib/redpanda/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. |
| -X, --config-opt | stringArray | Override rpk configuration settings. See rpk -X or execute rpk -X help for inline detail or rpk -X list for terser detail. |
| --profile | string | Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details. |
| -v, --verbose | - | Enable verbose logging. |