.. _confluent_local_start:

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confluent local start
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Description
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Start |cp| services. For a list of available services, see :ref:`available_packages`.

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::

    confluent local start [<service>] --path <path-to-confluent>

Flags
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Name, shorthand                      Description
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``--path <path-to-confluent>``       Path to |cp| install directory.
``-h, --help``                       Print command information.
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Positional arguments
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Name, shorthand  Default         Description
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``<service>``    All services    The service name. If specified, it starts the service
                                 and all dependencies.
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Examples
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- Start all available services:

  .. sourcecode:: bash

    confluent local start

  Your output should resemble:

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      :end-before: COS_CP_CLI_startup_output

- Start |ak-tm| and |zk| as its dependency:

  .. sourcecode:: bash

    confluent local start kafka

  Your output should resemble:

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    Starting zookeeper
    zookeeper is [UP]
    Starting kafka
    kafka is [UP]