confluent kafka topic create¶
Flags¶
--partitions uint32 Number of topic partitions.
--config strings A comma-separated list of configuration overrides ("key=value") for the topic being created.
--dry-run Run the command without committing changes.
--if-not-exists Exit gracefully if topic already exists.
--cluster string Kafka cluster ID.
--context string CLI context name.
--environment string Environment ID.
--url string Base URL of REST Proxy Endpoint of Kafka Cluster (include "/kafka" for embedded Rest Proxy). Must set flag or CONFLUENT_REST_URL.
--ca-cert-path string Path to a PEM-encoded CA to verify the Confluent REST Proxy.
--client-cert-path string Path to client cert to be verified by Confluent REST Proxy, include for mTLS authentication.
--client-key-path string Path to client private key, include for mTLS authentication.
--no-authentication Include if requests should be made without authentication headers, and user will not be prompted for credentials.
--prompt Bypass use of available login credentials and prompt for Kafka Rest credentials.
--partitions uint32 Number of topic partitions.
--replication-factor uint32 Number of replicas.
--config strings A comma-separated list of "key=value" pairs, or path to a configuration file containing a newline-separated list of "key=value" pairs.
--if-not-exists Exit gracefully if topic already exists.
Global Flags¶
-h, --help Show help for this command.
--unsafe-trace Equivalent to -vvvv, but also log HTTP requests and responses which might contain plaintext secrets.
-v, --verbose count Increase verbosity (-v for warn, -vv for info, -vvv for debug, -vvvv for trace).
Examples¶
Create a topic named “my_topic” with default options.
confluent kafka topic create my_topic
Create a topic named “my_topic” with default options for the current specified cluster (providing embedded Kafka REST Proxy endpoint).
confluent kafka topic create my_topic --url http://localhost:8090/kafka
Create a topic named “my_topic” with default options at specified cluster (providing Kafka REST Proxy endpoint).
confluent kafka topic create my_topic --url http://localhost:8082
Create a topic named “my_topic_2” with specified configuration parameters.
confluent kafka topic create my_topic_2 --url http://localhost:8082 --config cleanup.policy=compact,compression.type=gzip
See Also¶
- confluent kafka topic - Manage Kafka topics.