Creating a Kafka topic

Learn how to create Kafka topics by using Streams Messaging Manager (SMM) UI.

You can create a new Kafka topic by navigating to the Topics page and providing information prompted in the Add New pop-up.
  1. Navigate to the Topics page.
  2. Click Add New.
  3. Provide the following information:
    • Topic name
    • Number of partitions
    • Level of availability
    • Cleanup policy
  4. SMM automatically sets Kafka topic properties. You can manually adjust the properties by clicking advanced.
    For more information on configuration properties, see Apache Kafka documentation.
  5. Click Save.