gcloud beta pubsub topics create

NAME
gcloud beta pubsub topics create - creates one or more Cloud Pub/Sub topics
SYNOPSIS
gcloud beta pubsub topics createTOPIC[TOPIC …][--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--message-retention-duration=MESSAGE_RETENTION_DURATION][--message-transforms-file=MESSAGE_TRANSFORMS_FILE][--tags=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--ingestion-log-severity=INGESTION_LOG_SEVERITY--aws-msk-ingestion-aws-role-arn=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_AWS_ROLE_ARN--aws-msk-ingestion-cluster-arn=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_CLUSTER_ARN--aws-msk-ingestion-service-account=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT--aws-msk-ingestion-topic=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_TOPIC    |--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-client-id=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_CLIENT_ID--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-event-hub=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_EVENT_HUB--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-namespace=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_NAMESPACE--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-resource-group=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_RESOURCE_GROUP--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-service-account=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-subscription-id=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_SUBSCRIPTION_ID--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-tenant-id=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_TENANT_ID    | [--cloud-storage-ingestion-bucket=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_BUCKET--cloud-storage-ingestion-input-format=INPUT_FORMAT :--cloud-storage-ingestion-text-delimiter=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_TEXT_DELIMITER--cloud-storage-ingestion-minimum-object-create-time=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_MINIMUM_OBJECT_CREATE_TIME--cloud-storage-ingestion-match-glob=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_MATCH_GLOB]    |--confluent-cloud-ingestion-bootstrap-server=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER--confluent-cloud-ingestion-cluster-id=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_CLUSTER_ID--confluent-cloud-ingestion-identity-pool-id=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_IDENTITY_POOL_ID--confluent-cloud-ingestion-service-account=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT--confluent-cloud-ingestion-topic=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_TOPIC    |--kinesis-ingestion-consumer-arn=KINESIS_INGESTION_CONSUMER_ARN--kinesis-ingestion-role-arn=KINESIS_INGESTION_ROLE_ARN--kinesis-ingestion-service-account=KINESIS_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT--kinesis-ingestion-stream-arn=KINESIS_INGESTION_STREAM_ARN][--message-encoding=ENCODING (--schema=SCHEMA :--schema-project=SCHEMA_PROJECT) :--first-revision-id=FIRST_REVISION_ID--last-revision-id=LAST_REVISION_ID][--message-storage-policy-allowed-regions=[REGION,…] :--message-storage-policy-enforce-in-transit][--topic-encryption-key=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY :--topic-encryption-key-keyring=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY_KEYRING--topic-encryption-key-location=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY_LOCATION--topic-encryption-key-project=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PROJECT][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
(BETA) Creates one or more Cloud Pub/Sub topics.
EXAMPLES
To create a Cloud Pub/Sub topic, run:
gcloudbetapubsubtopicscreatemytopic
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
Topic resource - One or more topics to create. This represents a Cloud 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 [TOPIC …]
IDs of the topics or fully qualified identifiers for the topics.

To set thetopic attribute:

  • provide the argumenttopic on the command line.
FLAGS
--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]
List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to add.

Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers.

--message-retention-duration=MESSAGE_RETENTION_DURATION
Indicates the minimum duration to retain a message after it is published to thetopic. If this field is set, messages published to the topic in the lastMESSAGE_RETENTION_DURATION are always available to subscribers. For instance, itallows any attached subscription to seek to a timestamp that is up toMESSAGE_RETENTION_DURATION in the past. If this field is not set, messageretention is controlled by settings on individual subscriptions. The minimum is10 minutes and the maximum is 31 days. Valid values are strings of the formINTEGER[UNIT], where UNIT is one of "s", "m", "h", and "d" for seconds, minutes,hours, and days, respectively. If the unit is omitted, seconds is assumed.
--message-transforms-file=MESSAGE_TRANSFORMS_FILE
Path to YAML or JSON file containing message transforms.
--tags=[KEY=VALUE,…]
List of tags KEY=VALUE pairs to bind. Each item must be expressed as<tag-key-namespaced-name>=<tag-value-short-name>.Example:123/environment=production,123/costCenter=marketing
Following flags are for specifying the data source settings for an import topic
--ingestion-log-severity=INGESTION_LOG_SEVERITY
Log severity to use for ingestion.
At most one of these can be specified:
Flags that specify settings for an import topic from Amazon Web Services (AWS)Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)
--aws-msk-ingestion-aws-role-arn=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_AWS_ROLE_ARN
AWS role ARN to be used for Federated Identity authentication with MSK.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--aws-msk-ingestion-cluster-arn=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_CLUSTER_ARN
ARN that uniquely identifies the MSK cluster.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--aws-msk-ingestion-service-account=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT
Google Cloud service account to be used for Federated Identity authenticationwith MSK.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--aws-msk-ingestion-topic=AWS_MSK_INGESTION_TOPIC
Name of the MSK topic that Pub/Sub will import from.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

Flags that specify settings for an import topic from Azure Event Hubs
--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-client-id=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_CLIENT_ID
Azure Event Hubs client ID to use for ingestion.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-event-hub=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_EVENT_HUB
Azure event hub from which to ingest data.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-namespace=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_NAMESPACE
Azure Event Hubs namespace from which to ingest data.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-resource-group=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_RESOURCE_GROUP
Azure Event Hubs resource group from within an Azure subscription.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-service-account=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT
Google Cloud service account to be used for Federated Identity authenticationwith Azure Event Hubs.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-subscription-id=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_SUBSCRIPTION_ID
Azure Event Hubs subscription ID to use for ingestion.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--azure-event-hubs-ingestion-tenant-id=AZURE_EVENT_HUBS_INGESTION_TENANT_ID
Azure Event Hubs tenant ID to use for ingestion.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

Flags that specify settings for an import topic from Cloud Storage
--cloud-storage-ingestion-bucket=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_BUCKET
Cloud Storage bucket from which to ingest data.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--cloud-storage-ingestion-input-format=INPUT_FORMAT
Format of the data in the Cloud Storage bucket.INPUT_FORMAT must be one of:text,avro,pubsub_avro.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--cloud-storage-ingestion-text-delimiter=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_TEXT_DELIMITER
Delimiter to use with text format when partitioning the object.
--cloud-storage-ingestion-minimum-object-create-time=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_MINIMUM_OBJECT_CREATE_TIME
Only Cloud Storage objects with a larger or equal creation timestamp will beingested.
--cloud-storage-ingestion-match-glob=CLOUD_STORAGE_INGESTION_MATCH_GLOB
Glob pattern used to match Cloud Storage objects that will be ingested. Ifunset, all objects will be ingested.
Flags that specify settings for an import topic from Confluent Cloud
--confluent-cloud-ingestion-bootstrap-server=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER
Confluent Cloud bootstrap server. The format is url:port.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--confluent-cloud-ingestion-cluster-id=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_CLUSTER_ID
Confluent Cloud cluster ID.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--confluent-cloud-ingestion-identity-pool-id=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_IDENTITY_POOL_ID
Identity pool ID to be used for Federated Identity authentication with ConfluentCloud.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--confluent-cloud-ingestion-service-account=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT
Google Cloud service account to be used for Federated Identity authenticationwith Confluent Cloud.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--confluent-cloud-ingestion-topic=CONFLUENT_CLOUD_INGESTION_TOPIC
Name of the Confluent Cloud topic that Pub/Sub will import from.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

Flags that specify settings for an import topic from Amazon Web Services (AWS)Kinesis Data Streams
--kinesis-ingestion-consumer-arn=KINESIS_INGESTION_CONSUMER_ARN
Kinesis data streams consumer Amazon Resource Name (ARN) to use for ingestion.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--kinesis-ingestion-role-arn=KINESIS_INGESTION_ROLE_ARN
AWS role ARN to be used for Federated Identity authentication with Kinesis.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--kinesis-ingestion-service-account=KINESIS_INGESTION_SERVICE_ACCOUNT
Google Cloud service account to be used for Federated Identity authenticationwith Kinesis.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--kinesis-ingestion-stream-arn=KINESIS_INGESTION_STREAM_ARN
Kinesis data stream ARN from which to ingest data.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

Schema settings. The schema that messages published to this topic must conformto and the expected message encoding.
--message-encoding=ENCODING
The encoding of messages validated against the schema.ENCODING must be one of:json,binary.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--first-revision-id=FIRST_REVISION_ID
The id of the oldest revision allowed for the specified schema.
--last-revision-id=LAST_REVISION_ID
The id of the most recent revision allowed for the specified schema
Schema resource - Name of the schema that messages published to this topic mustconform to. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes ofthis resource.

This must be specified.

--schema=SCHEMA
ID of the schema or fully qualified identifier for the schema.

To set theschema attribute:

  • provide the argument--schema on the command line.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--schema-project=SCHEMA_PROJECT
Project ID of the Google Cloud project for the schema.

To set theproject attribute:

  • provide the argument--schema on the command line with a fullyspecified name;
  • provide the argument--schema-project on the command line;
  • provide the argument--project on the command line;
  • set the propertycore/project.
Options for explicitly specifying themessagestorage policy for a topic.
--message-storage-policy-allowed-regions=[REGION,…]
A list of one or more Cloud regions where messages are allowed to be stored atrest.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--message-storage-policy-enforce-in-transit
Whether or not to enforce in-transit guarantees for this topic using the allowedregions. This ensures that publishing, pulling, and push delivery are onlyhandled in allowed Cloud regions.
Key resource - The Cloud KMS (Key Management Service) cryptokey that will beused to protect the topic. The specified Cloud KMS key should have purpose setto "ENCRYPT_DECRYPT". The service account,"service-${CONSUMER_PROJECT_NUMBER}@gcp-sa-pubsub.iam.gserviceaccount.com"requires the IAM cryptoKeyEncrypterDecrypter role for the given Cloud KMS key.CONSUMER_PROJECT_NUMBER is the project number of the project that is the parentof the topic being created. The arguments in this group can be used to specifythe attributes of this resource.
--topic-encryption-key=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY
ID of the key or fully qualified identifier for the key.

To set thekms-key attribute:

  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key on the command line.

This flag argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this groupare specified.

--topic-encryption-key-keyring=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY_KEYRING
The KMS keyring of the key.

To set thekms-keyring attribute:

  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key on the command linewith a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key-keyring on the commandline.
--topic-encryption-key-location=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY_LOCATION
The Google Cloud location for the key.

To set thekms-location attribute:

  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key on the command linewith a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key-location on the commandline.
--topic-encryption-key-project=TOPIC_ENCRYPTION_KEY_PROJECT
The Google Cloud project for the key.

To set thekms-project attribute:

  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key on the command linewith a fully specified name;
  • provide the argument--topic-encryption-key-project on the commandline;
  • set the propertycore/project.
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.

NOTES
This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. Thesevariants are also available:
gcloudpubsubtopicscreate
gcloudalphapubsubtopicscreate

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Last updated 2025-11-04 UTC.