# rpk connect run

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title: rpk connect run
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description: Run a Redpanda Connect pipeline from a configuration file. The pipeline streams data between inputs and outputs with optional processing.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-connect/rpk-connect-run.md -->

Run a Redpanda Connect pipeline from a configuration file. The pipeline streams data between inputs and outputs with optional processing.

## [](#usage)Usage

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

## [](#flags)Flags

| Value | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| --log.level | string | Logging level: OFF, FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE, ALL. Default is INFO. |
| -s, --set | strings | Override a configuration field. Format: path=value. Can be used multiple times. |
| -r, --resources | strings | Additional resource configuration files containing caches, rate limits, or other shared components. |
| --chilled | bool | Continue to execute a config containing linter errors. |
| -w, --watcher | bool | EXPERIMENTAL: Watch config files for changes and automatically apply them. |
| --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:. |
| --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. |
| --chroot | string | Chroot into the provided directory after parsing configuration. Common /etc/ files are copied to the chroot directory, and the directory is made read-only. This flag is only supported on Linux. |
| --chroot-passthrough | strings | Specify additional files to be copied into the chroot directory. This flag can be used multiple times. It is only supported when --chroot is used. |
| --disable-telemetry | bool | Disable anonymous telemetry from being emitted by this Connect instance. |
| --telemetry-deployment-type | string | Tags telemetry payloads with the deployment type. Expected values: self-hosted, byoc, serverless. When unset the field is omitted from the payload. |
| --telemetry-tenant-id | string | Tags telemetry payloads with an opaque tenant identifier (typically the Redpanda Cloud organization ID for cloud-managed deployments). When unset the field is omitted from the payload. |
| --rpc-plugins | strings | Plugins to load over the RPC interface. This flag should point to manifest files containing the plugin definitions. Globs are also supported. |
| -e, --env-file | strings | Import environment variables from a dotenv file. |
| -t, --templates | strings | EXPERIMENTAL: Import Redpanda Connect templates. This 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. |