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rpk redpanda admin brokers decommission

Decommission the given broker.

Decommissioning a broker removes it from the cluster.

A decommission request is sent to every broker in the cluster, only the cluster leader handles the request.

For safety on v22.x clusters, this command will not run if the requested broker is in maintenance mode. As of v23.x, Redpanda supports decommissioning a node that is currently in maintenance mode. If you are on a v22.x cluster and need to bypass the maintenance mode check (perhaps your cluster is unreachable), use the --skip-liveness-check flag.

Usage

rpk redpanda admin brokers decommission [BROKER ID] [flags]

Flags

Value Type Description

--skip-liveness-check

bool

If enabled, rpk will issue the decommission request without checking if the broker is in maintenance mode.

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.