# confluent kafka mirror create ## Description Create a mirror topic under the link. The destination topic name is required to be the same as the source topic name. ```none confluent kafka mirror create [flags] ``` ## Flags ```none --link string REQUIRED: Name of cluster link. --replication-factor int32 Replication factor. (default 3) --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. --source-topic string Name of the source topic to be mirrored over the cluster link. Only required when there is a prefix configured on the link. --kafka-endpoint string Endpoint to be used for this Kafka cluster. --cluster string Kafka cluster ID. --context string CLI context name. --environment string Environment ID. ``` ## Global Flags ```none -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 mirror topic “my-topic” under cluster link “my-link”: ```none confluent kafka mirror create my-topic --link my-link ``` Create a mirror topic with a custom replication factor and configuration file: ```none confluent kafka mirror create my-topic --link my-link --replication-factor 5 --config my-config.txt ``` Create a mirror topic “src_my-topic” where “src_” is the prefix configured on the link: ```none confluent kafka mirror create src_my-topic --link my-link --source-topic my-topic ``` ## See Also * [confluent kafka mirror](index.md#confluent-kafka-mirror) - Manage cluster linking mirror topics.