Topic

Available in VPC

This article will explain how to create, view, edit, and delete topics from the Topic menu.

Create topic

Up to 3 topics can be created per account. To create a topic:

1. In the VPC environment of the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Stream.
2. Click the Topic menu.
3. Click [Create topic] at the top of the interface.
4. On the create topic interface, enter basic information and set options.
   • Basic information
     • Topic: Enter topic name in prefix-name format
       • Prefix: Automatically generated as a unique value for each account to prevent duplication
       • Enter within 200 characters including prefix using a combination of English lowercase letters, numbers, and special character "-"
       • This cannot be edited after input upon creation
     • Description: Enter a description of the topic within 200 characters
   • Option
     • Number of topic partitions: Enter the number of partitions for the topic within the range of 1 to 16 (default: 1)
       • It is not possible to reduce the number set at creation, only add to it
     • Message retention period: Set the retention period for messages stored in the topic
       • Enter a value within the range of 1 hour to 15 days 00 hours 00 minutes (default: 1 day)
       • Messages are automatically deleted once the retention period expires (deleted in order of oldest data)
5. Click [Create topic].
   • The topic created will appear in the topic list and will automatically be set to active status, allowing it to produce and consume messages.

Check topic information

To see a topic's basic information:

1. In the VPC environment of the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Stream.
2. Click the Topic menu.
3. In the topic list, click on View service details of the topic you want to check the basic information of.
4. On the topic detailed interface, click the [Basic information] tab menu.
5. Check the required information.
   • Topic: Topic name
   • Description: Description of topic
   • Number of partitions Number of partitions for the topic
   • Message retention period: Retention period for messages stored in the topic
   • Access endpoint: Network address available when the producer and consumer connect to the Kafka client.
     • Click to copy
     • Use cases of accessing endpoint: Refer to Java, Python, Logstash

Edit topic

To edit a topic's description, number of partitions, or message retention period:

1. In the VPC environment of the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Stream.
2. Click the Topic menu.
3. In the topic list, click on View service details of the topic you want to edit.
4. On the topic detailed interface, click the [Basic information] tab menu.
5. Click [Edit].
6. When the Edit topic popup appears, edit the necessary information.
   • Topic description, number of partitions, and message retention period: Refer to Create topic
   • Number of topic partitions: Only addition is allowed
   • Topic name: Editing is not allowed
7. Click [Save].

Delete topic

To delete a topic:

1. In the VPC environment of the NAVER Cloud Platform console, navigate to Menu > Services > Big Data & Analytics > Data Stream.
2. Click the Topic menu.
3. In the topic list, click on View service details of the topic you want to delete.
4. On the topic detailed interface, click [Delete topic].
5. Check the details when the notification popup appears, and then click [Delete].
   • The deleted topic will disappear from the topic list.