apache-kafka kafka console tools kafka-topics
Example
This tool let you list, create, alter and describe topics.
List topics:
kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --list
Create a topic:
kafka-topics --create --zookeeper localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic test
creates a topic with one partition and no replication.
Describe a topic:
kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --describe --topic test
Alter a topic:
# change configuration
kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --alter --topic test --config max.message.bytes=128000
# add a partition
kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --alter --topic test --partitions 2
(Beware: Kafka does not support reducing the number of partitions of a topic) (see this list of configuration properties)
