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1 min readUpdated 30 September 2026

Creates a new topic in a Vultr managed database service for message streaming between applications

Creates a new topic on a managed database (Kafka), allowing you to define message stream configurations such as name, partitions, replication factor, retention settings, and compression type.

Usage

CONSOLE

$ vultr-cli database topic create <Database ID> [flags]

Flags

Shorthand	Long Version	Description
-n	--name	name for the new managed database topic
-p	--partitions	partitions for the new managed database topic
-r	--replication	replication factor for the new managed database topic
-	--retention-bytes	retention bytes for the new managed database topic
-	--retention-hours	retention hours for the new managed database topic

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