rpk

Create topic

$ rpk topic create [topic-name]

$ rpk topic list

$ rpk topic produce [topic] -k [key]

$ rpk topic consume [topic]

$ rpk cluster info

$ rpk redpanda config

rpk command [subcommand] [options]

rpk is the command-line interface for Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible streaming data platform. It provides commands for managing topics, producing and consuming messages, administering clusters, and configuring Redpanda nodes, using a syntax familiar to users of Kafka's CLI tools.
Topic operations include creating, deleting, describing, and listing topics, as well as producing messages to and consuming messages from topics for testing and debugging. Cluster commands provide health checks, configuration inspection, and broker management. The tool also handles ACL (Access Control List) management and consumer group operations.
The -X flag passes client properties like authentication credentials and TLS settings, and --brokers specifies the cluster endpoints to connect to.

topic

Topic operations.

Cluster commands.

Redpanda management.

ACL management.

Consumer groups.

Client property.

Broker addresses.

Requires Redpanda/Kafka. Network access needed. Authentication may be required.

rpk is the command-line interface for Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible streaming platform written in C++.

kafka-topics(1), kafkacat(1)