# rpk connect dry-run

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title: rpk connect dry-run
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description: Test pipeline configurations by performing a dry run. Exits with a status code 1 if any connection errors are detected in a directory.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-connect/rpk-connect-dry-run.md -->

Test pipeline configurations by performing a dry run. Exits with a status code 1 if any connection errors are detected in a directory.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk connect dry-run [flags]
```

## [](#example)Example

This section provides examples of how to use `rpk connect dry-run`.

Example.

```bash
rpk connect dry-run ./pipeline.yaml
```

To disable all secret lookups.

```bash
rpk connect dry-run --secrets none: ./pipeline.yaml
```

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --verbose | bool | Print the lint result for each target file. |
| --secrets | strings | Attempt to load secrets from a provided URN. If more than one entry is specified they will be attempted in order until a value is found. Environment variable lookups are specified with the URN env:, which by default is the only entry. In order to disable all secret lookups specify a single entry of none:. |
| -e, --env-file | strings | import environment variables from a dotenv file. |
| --redpanda-license | string | Provide an explicit Redpanda License, which enables enterprise functionality. By default licenses found at the path /etc/redpanda/redpanda.license are applied. |

## [](#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. |