# confluent local kafka topic create #### IMPORTANT - The [confluent local](https://docs.confluent.io/confluent-cli/current/command-reference/local/index.html) commands are intended for a single-node development environment and are not suitable for a production environment. The data that are produced are transient and are intended to be temporary. For production-ready workflows, see [Install and Upgrade Confluent Platform](/platform/current/installation/index.html). ## Description Create a Kafka topic. ```none confluent local kafka topic create [flags] ``` ## Flags ```none --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 ```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 topic named “test” with specified configuration parameters. ```none confluent local kafka topic create test --config cleanup.policy=compact,compression.type=gzip ``` ## See Also * [confluent local kafka topic](index.md#confluent-local-kafka-topic) - Run Kafka topic related commands.