Kafka Topics Command Line Interface (CLI)

The video tutorial covers essential Kafka commands, focusing on managing topics. It begins with ensuring Zookeeper and Kafka are running, then introduces the 'Kafka topics' command. The tutorial guides through creating a topic, addressing common errors like missing partitions and replication factors, and explains how to list, describe, and delete topics. Practical examples illustrate each step, emphasizing error handling and command usage.

How can you verify that a topic has been created in Kafka?

What command is used to delete a topic in Kafka?

What does it mean when a topic is marked for deletion?