# rpk k8s multicluster

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title: rpk k8s multicluster
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description: "Commands for bootstrapping and managing the multicluster operators that run a Redpanda Stretch Cluster: a single logical Redpanda cluster distributed across multiple Kubernetes clusters. One operator runs in each Kubernetes cluster, and the operators coordinate through Raft consensus to manage the Stretch Cluster as a single unit."
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Commands for bootstrapping and managing the multicluster operators that run a Redpanda Stretch Cluster: a single logical Redpanda cluster distributed across multiple Kubernetes clusters. One operator runs in each Kubernetes cluster, and the operators coordinate through Raft consensus to manage the Stretch Cluster as a single unit.

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This command was introduced in k8s version 26.2.1.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk k8s multicluster [flags]
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk k8s multicluster bootstrap | Bootstrap the TLS certificates and kubeconfig secrets that the multicluster operators of a Redpanda Stretch Cluster need to communicate across Kubernetes clusters. This command connects to each specified Kubernetes context, generates a shared CA certificate, and distributes per-cluster TLS certificates and kubeconfig secrets so that the multicluster operator can communicate across clusters. |
| rpk k8s multicluster bundle | Collects environment data from each Kubernetes cluster in a Redpanda Stretch Cluster deployment and packages it into a ZIP file for support. This is the operator-side counterpart to rpk debug bundle, which collects data from the Redpanda brokers themselves. |
| rpk k8s multicluster status | Checks the health of the multicluster operators that run a Redpanda Stretch Cluster: each cluster’s operator pod health, raft consensus state, TLS certificate validity, and cross-cluster consistency. Connects to each specified Kubernetes context, finds the multicluster operator pod, port-forwards to its gRPC transport, and queries raft status. |

## [](#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. |