# rpk redpanda config

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title: rpk redpanda config
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Edit configuration.

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This command is only available on Linux.

## [](#usage)Usage

```bash
rpk redpanda config [flags]
```

## [](#subcommands)Subcommands

| Command | Description |
| --- | --- |
| rpk redpanda config bootstrap | Initialize the configuration to bootstrap a cluster. This command generates a redpanda.yaml configuration file to bootstrap a cluster. |
| rpk redpanda config init | This command has been deprecated. |
| rpk redpanda config print | Display the selected node configuration. |
| rpk redpanda config set | Set node configuration values, such as the list of seed servers or the ports that various APIs listen on. This command modifies the redpanda.yaml you have locally on disk. |

## [](#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. |