# rpk container status

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title: rpk container status
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description: Get the status of a local container cluster, including the node IDs, ports, and running state of each broker.
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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/reference/rpk/rpk-container/rpk-container-status.md -->

Get the status of a local container cluster, including the node IDs, ports, and running state of each broker.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk container status [flags]
```

## [](#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. |

## [](#example)Example

If you’re following [Quick Start - Deploy Redpanda to Docker with Three Nodes](https://docs.redpanda.com/streaming/current/get-started/quick-start/#tabs-1-three-brokers), you can run `rpk container status` to see more information about your containers.

```bash
rpk container status
NODE-ID  STATUS   KAFKA-ADDRESS   ADMIN-ADDRESS   PROXY-ADDRESS   SCHEMA-REGISTRY-ADDRESS
0        running  127.0.0.1:9092  127.0.0.1:9644  127.0.0.1:8082  127.0.0.1:8081

Redpanda Console started in: http://localhost:8080

You can use rpk to interact with this cluster. E.g:

    rpk cluster info
    rpk cluster health

You may also set an environment variable with the comma-separated list of
broker addresses:

    export RPK_BROKERS="127.0.0.1:34189,127.0.0.1:45523,127.0.0.1:37223"
    rpk cluster info
```