# doctl databases topics – DigitalOcean Documentation

> The subcommands under `doctl databases topics` enable the management of topics for kafka database clusters

- [doctl databases topics create](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/topics/create/index.html.md): This command creates a kafka topic for the specified kafka database cluster, giving it the specified name. Example: doctl databases topics create --replication_factor 2 --partition_count 4
- [doctl databases topics delete](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/topics/delete/index.html.md): Usage doctl databases topics delete <database-uuid> <topic-name> [flags] Aliases rm Flags Option Description --force, -f Deletes the kafka topic without a confirmation promptDefault: false --help, -h Help for this command Related Commands Command Description doctl databases topics …</topic-name></database-uuid>
- [doctl databases topics get](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/topics/get/index.html.md): This command lists the following details for a given topic in a kafka database cluster: - The Name of the topic. - The Partitions of the topic - the number of partitions in the topics - The Replication Factor of the topic - number of brokers the topic's …
- [doctl databases topics list](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/topics/list/index.html.md): This command lists the following details for each topic in a kafka database cluster: - The Name of the topic. - The State of the topic. - The Replication Factor of the topic - number of brokers the topic's partitions are replicated across.
- [doctl databases topics partitions](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/topics/partitions/index.html.md): This command lists the following details for each partition of a given topic in a kafka database cluster: - The Id - identifier of the topic partition. - The Size - size of the topic partition, in bytes. - The InSyncReplicas - number of brokers that are in …
- [doctl databases topics update](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/topics/update/index.html.md): This command updates a kafka topic for the specified kafka database cluster. Example: doctl databases topics update