How to create topics in apache kafka?

Question

What is the bestway to create topics in kafka?

• How many replicas/partitions to be defined when we create topics?

In the new producer API, when i try

Answer 1

set the property auto.create.topics.enable=true in your server.properties file, if you have multiple brokers do thee same for all the server*.properties file and restart your kafka-server. But make sure you set the partitions for an appropriate number in the server*.properties num.partitions=int, otherwise there will be a performance issue if you increase the partitions later.