# rpk connect create

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title: rpk connect create
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description: Prints a new Redpanda Connect config to stdout containing specified components according to an expression.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-connect/rpk-connect-create.md -->

Prints a new Redpanda Connect config to stdout containing specified components according to an expression. The expression must take the form of three comma-separated lists of inputs, processors and outputs, divided by forward slashes:

```text
redpanda-connect create stdin/bloblang,awk/nats
redpanda-connect create file,http_server/protobuf/http_client
```

If the expression is omitted a default config is created.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk connect create [flags]
```

## [](#examples)Examples

This section provides examples of how to use `rpk connect create`.

Create a config with stdin input, bloblang/awk processor, and nats output.

```bash
rpk connect create stdin/bloblang,awk/nats
```

Create a config with file/http\_server inputs, protobuf processor, and http\_client output.

```bash
rpk connect create file,http_server/protobuf/http_client
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -s, --small | bool | Print only the main components of a Redpanda Connect config (input, pipeline, output) and omit all fields marked as advanced. |
| -e, --env-file | strings | import environment variables from a dotenv file. |
| -t, --templates | strings | EXPERIMENTAL: import Redpanda Connect templates, supports glob patterns (requires quotes). |

## [](#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. |