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Redpanda Commands Guide

1. `rpk cluster config`

Manage cluster configuration properties.

View current configuration status:
```
rpk cluster config status
```
Displays the current status of Redpanda configuration settings.
Set a configuration property:
```
rpk cluster config set redpanda.features.enable_log_shard_sync=true
```
Sets a specific configuration property to the specified value.
Export the cluster configuration:
```
rpk cluster config export > cluster_config.yaml
```
Exports the current cluster configuration to a YAML file.
Import a cluster configuration:
```
rpk cluster config import < cluster_config.yaml
```
Imports a cluster configuration from a YAML file.
Edit configuration interactively:
```
rpk cluster config edit
```
Opens an interactive editor for modifying the cluster configuration.
Force-reset a configuration property:
```
rpk cluster config force-reset redpanda.features.enable_log_shard_sync
```
Resets a specific configuration property to its default state.
Get a specific configuration property:
```
rpk cluster config get redpanda.features.enable_log_shard_sync
```
Retrieves the value of a specific configuration property.
Lint the cluster configuration:
```
rpk cluster config lint
```
Checks the configuration for deprecated or invalid content.

Query the health overview of the cluster.

Check cluster health status:
```
rpk cluster health
```
Displays the current health status of the cluster.
Exit when healthy:
```
rpk cluster health --exit-when-healthy
```
Exits the command only when the cluster is healthy.
Watch cluster health changes:
```
rpk cluster health --watch
```
Monitors and prints updates on cluster health in real-time.

Manage cluster licenses.

Retrieve license information:
```
rpk cluster license info
```
Shows the current license information for the cluster.
Upload a new license:
```
rpk cluster license set --file /path/to/license_file
```
Uploads a new license file to the cluster.

Describe log directories on Redpanda brokers.

Describe log directories:
```
rpk cluster logdirs describe
```
Displays details of log directories for brokers in the cluster.

Interact with cluster maintenance mode.

Enable maintenance mode for a node:
```
rpk cluster maintenance enable --node 172.32.21.98
```
Activates maintenance mode for the specified node.
Disable maintenance mode for a node:
```
rpk cluster maintenance disable --node 172.32.21.98
```
Deactivates maintenance mode for the specified node.
Check maintenance status:
```
rpk cluster maintenance status
```
Displays the current maintenance status for nodes.

Request metadata information about brokers and topics.

Print broker, cluster, and topic metadata:
```
rpk cluster metadata --print-brokers --print-cluster --print-topics
```
Outputs metadata information for brokers, the cluster, and topics.
Print detailed topic information:
```
rpk cluster metadata --print-detailed-topics
```
Displays detailed metadata about topics.
Print internal topics only:
```
rpk cluster metadata --print-internal-topics
```
Lists only internal topics in the cluster.

Manage partitions within the cluster.

Check partition balancer status:
```
rpk cluster partitions balancer-status
```
Displays the status of the partition balancer.
List all partitions:
```
rpk cluster partitions list
```
Shows a list of all partitions in the cluster.
Enable a specific topic’s partitions:
```
rpk cluster partitions enable --topic my_topic
```
Enables partitions for a specified topic.
Disable a specific topic’s partitions:
```
rpk cluster partitions disable --topic my_topic
```
Disables partitions for a specified topic.

Move partition replicas:

rpk cluster partitions move --partition 1 --from-node 172.32.21.98 --to-node 172.32.21.60

Moves the replicas of a specified partition from one node to another.

Cancel an ongoing partition movement:
```
rpk cluster partitions move-cancel --partition 1
```
Stops an ongoing partition movement operation.
Check status of partition movements:
```
rpk cluster partitions move-status
```
Displays the status of partition movements.
Transfer leadership of a partition:
```
rpk cluster partitions transfer-leadership --partition 1 --broker 172.32.21.60
```
Transfers leadership of a specified partition to a different broker.
Recover a partition (unsafe operation):
```
rpk cluster partitions unsafe-recover --partition 1
```
Attempts to recover a partition that has lost majority of replicas.

Start, stop, and query the status of self-tests for Redpanda.

Start a self-test:
```
rpk cluster self-test start
```
Initiates a self-test for the cluster.
Query the status of the self-test:
```
rpk cluster self-test status
```
Shows the status of the current or last completed self-test.
Stop an ongoing self-test:
```
rpk cluster self-test stop
```
Stops the currently running self-test.