# withConsole

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.RedPanda](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.redpanda.md)
- Version: `13.5.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire/tree/4ff8268fbd97ddd23cb73dc8eff9cc92718156d1)

Adds a Redpanda Console container to the application, configured to connect to the Redpanda broker.

## Definition

```typescript
interface RedPandaServerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withConsole(configureContainer?: (obj: RedPandaConsoleContainerResource) => Promise<void>, containerName?: string): RedPandaServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `configureContainer` (`(obj: RedPandaConsoleContainerResource) => Promise<void>`) `optional`
- `containerName` (`string`) `optional`

## Returns

[RedPandaServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.redpanda/redpandaserverresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [RedPandaServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.redpanda/redpandaserverresource.md)