Deploy Redpanda Console on Linux

This page shows you how to deploy Redpanda Console on Linux using Docker or the packages.

Prerequisites

Deploy with Docker

Run Redpanda Console as a Docker container:

docker run -d \
  --name redpanda-console \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e KAFKA_BROKERS=localhost:19092 \
  docker.redpanda.com/redpandadata/console:v3.3.1

Deploy the packaged Redpanda Console

Redpanda Console is available as OS packages (deb/rpm) for Linux distributions. The following instructions install the redpanda-console package from the official repositories and enable the systemd service for Redpanda Console.

  1. Install Redpanda Console:

    • Fedora/RedHat

    • Debian/Ubuntu

    curl -1sLf 'https://dl.redpanda.com/nzc4ZYQK3WRGd9sy/redpanda/cfg/setup/bash.rpm.sh' | \
    sudo -E bash && sudo yum install redpanda-console -y
    curl -1sLf 'https://dl.redpanda.com/nzc4ZYQK3WRGd9sy/redpanda/cfg/setup/bash.deb.sh' | \
    sudo -E bash && sudo apt-get install redpanda-console -y
  2. Start Redpanda Console:

    sudo systemctl enable --now redpanda-console
  3. Make sure that Redpanda Console is active and running:

    sudo systemctl status redpanda-console

Configuration

You can configure Redpanda Console using environment variables, command-line flags, or a YAML config file. See Configure Redpanda Console for details.

Verify deployment

Check that Redpanda Console is running and accessible at http://localhost:8080.