🐼 Redpanda Console - Self-Hosted Production Setup

This guide explains how to manually install Redpanda Console on a production server using the official Redpanda APT repository.

📚 Reference: Redpanda Official Docs (opens in a new tab)

🚀 What is Redpanda Console?

Redpanda Console is a web-based GUI to manage and monitor Redpanda clusters. It offers real-time topic views, consumer groups, schema registry, ACLs, and more.

📦 Install Redpanda Console (Debian/Ubuntu)

🛠️ Step 1: Add Redpanda APT Repository and Install

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

📁 Configuration

After installation, Redpanda Console can be configured via:

/etc/redpanda/console.yaml
Environment variables (REDPANDA_CONSOLE_ prefix)

Make sure to point it to your Redpanda broker addresses and enable any optional features like TLS, SASL, or Schema Registry.

Example config snippet:

kafka:
  brokers:
    - "localhost:9092"

▶️ Start the Console

Use systemd or directly run the binary:

sudo systemctl start redpanda-console
sudo systemctl enable redpanda-console

Or run manually:

redpanda-console

Once started, access the web UI:

http://localhost:8080

You can change the default port in the console.yaml.

🧪 Verify the Installation

Check service status:

systemctl status redpanda-console

Or tail logs:

journalctl -u redpanda-console -f

🔐 Production Recommendations

Use TLS for secure console access
Add authentication (OIDC, Basic Auth)
Configure RBAC if managing multiple teams
Deploy behind a reverse proxy like NGINX or Cloudflare Tunnel

🧹 Uninstall

To remove the console:

sudo apt-get remove redpanda-console -y

📚 References

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