Scott M Messner created KAFKA-13347: ---------------------------------------
Summary: kafka-topics.sh required arguments and defaults Key: KAFKA-13347 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-13347 Project: Kafka Issue Type: Bug Components: docs Affects Versions: 3.0.0 Environment: WSL Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Reporter: Scott M Messner Step 3 of the quickstart suggests that partitions and replication-factor are optional [kafka.apache.org/quickstart.|https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart] Also, the options list provided by bin/kafka-topics.sh explicitly mentions that " If not supplied for create, defaults to the cluster default." (kafka_2.13-3.0.0) bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --topic quickstart-events --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 Missing required argument "[partitions]" ... --partitions <Integer: # of partitions> The number of partitions for the topic being created or altered (WARNING: If partitions are increased for a topic that has a key, the partition logic or ordering of the messages will be affected). *{color:#172b4d}If not supplied{color}* *{color:#172b4d}for create, defaults to the cluster{color}* *{color:#172b4d}default.{color}* ... --replication-factor <Integer: The replication factor for each replication factor> partition in the topic being created. *If not supplied, defaults* *to the cluster default.* -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)