gcloud beta managed-kafka topics create

NAME
gcloud beta managed-kafka topics create - create a Managed Service for Apache Kafka topic
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta managed-kafka topics create(TOPIC :--cluster=CLUSTER--location=LOCATION)--partitions=PARTITIONS--replication-factor=REPLICATION_FACTOR[--configs=[KEY=VALUE,…]][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA) Create a Managed Service for Apache Kafka topic.
EXAMPLES
To create a topic in a cluster named mycluster located in us-central1, run thefollowing:
gcloudbetamanaged-kafkatopicscreatemytopic--cluster=mycluster--location=us-central1--partitions=1--replication-factor=3
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Topic resource - Identifies the name of the topic that this command creates. Thearguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set inother ways.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argumenttopic on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.

This must be specified.

TOPIC
ID of the topic or fully qualified identifier for the topic.

To set thetopic attribute:

  • provide the argumenttopic on the command line.

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in thisgroup are specified.

--cluster=CLUSTER
The cluster name.To set thecluster attribute:
  • provide the argumenttopic on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--cluster on the command line.
--location=LOCATION
ID of the location of the Managed Service for Apache Kafka resource. Seehttps://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs/locationsfor a list of supported locations.To set thelocation attribute:
  • provide the argumenttopic on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--location on the command line.
REQUIRED FLAGS
--partitions=PARTITIONS
The number of partitions in a topic. You can increase the partition count for atopic, but you cannot decrease it. Increasing partitions for a topic that uses akey might change how messages are distributed.
--replication-factor=REPLICATION_FACTOR
The number of replicas of each partition. A replication factor of 3 isrecommended for high availability.
OPTIONAL FLAGS
--configs=[KEY=VALUE,…]
Configuration for the topic that are overridden from the cluster defaults. Thekey of the map is a Kafka topic property name, for example:cleanup.policy=compact,compression.type=producer. Ifyou provide a map with a key that already exists, only that configuration isupdated. If the map contains a key that does not exist, the entry is appended tothe topic configuration.
GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

API REFERENCE
This command uses themanagedkafka/v1 API. The full documentationfor this API can be found at:https://cloud.google.com/managed-service-for-apache-kafka/docs
NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudmanaged-kafkatopicscreate
gcloudalphamanaged-kafkatopicscreate

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.