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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 configuration parameters. You can manually adjust the parameters by clicking Advanced.
    For more information on the configuration parameters, see the Kafka documentation.
  5. Click Save.