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rpk cluster partitions balance

Trigger on-demand partition balancing to redistribute partitions evenly across brokers. Redpanda automatically balances partitions when it detects imbalance; run this command to trigger balancing manually.

Usage

rpk cluster partitions balance [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.