这里有很多很棒的答案，但在其中，我没有找到一个关于docker的答案。我花了一些时间来弄清楚在这种情况下使用代理容器是错误的(显然!!)

## this is wrong!
docker exec broker1 kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --alter --topic mytopic --config retention.ms=1000

Exception in thread "main" kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClientTimeoutException: Timed out waiting for connection while in state: CONNECTING
        at kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClient.$anonfun$waitUntilConnected$3(ZooKeeperClient.scala:258)
        at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.java:23)
        at kafka.utils.CoreUtils$.inLock(CoreUtils.scala:253)
        at kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClient.waitUntilConnected(ZooKeeperClient.scala:254)
        at kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClient.<init>(ZooKeeperClient.scala:112)
        at kafka.zk.KafkaZkClient$.apply(KafkaZkClient.scala:1826)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$ZookeeperTopicService$.apply(TopicCommand.scala:280)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$.main(TopicCommand.scala:53)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand.main(TopicCommand.scala)

我应该使用zookeeper:2181而不是——zookeeper localhost:2181作为我的撰写文件

## this might be an option, but as per comment below not all zookeeper images can have this script included
docker exec zookeper1 kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --alter --topic mytopic --config retention.ms=1000

正确的命令应该是

docker exec broker1 kafka-configs --zookeeper zookeeper:2181 --alter --entity-type topics --entity-name dev_gdn_urls --add-config retention.ms=12800000

希望能节省一些人的时间。

另外，请注意消息不会立即删除，而是在关闭日志段时删除。

如果您希望在Java应用程序中以编程方式完成此操作，可以使用AdminClient的API deleterrecords。使用AdminClient可以删除分区和偏移量级别上的记录。

根据JavaDocs, 0.11.0.0或更高版本的代理支持此操作。

这里有一个简单的例子:

String brokers = "localhost:9092";
String topicName = "test";
TopicPartition topicPartition = new TopicPartition(topicName, 0);
RecordsToDelete recordsToDelete = RecordsToDelete.beforeOffset(5L);

Map<TopicPartition, RecordsToDelete> topicPartitionRecordToDelete = new HashMap<>();
topicPartitionRecordToDelete.put(topicPartition, recordsToDelete);

// Create AdminClient
final Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.put(AdminClientConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, brokers);
AdminClient adminClient = AdminClient.create(properties);

try {
  adminClient.deleteRecords(topicPartitionRecordToDelete).all().get();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ExecutionException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
  adminClient.close();
}

您必须在配置中启用此功能

echo "delete.topic.enable=true" >> /opt/kafka/config/server.properties 
sudo systemctl stop kafka 
sudo systemctl start kafka 

清除主题

/opt/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --delete --topic flows

创建主题

# /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --bootstrap-server localhost:2181 --replication-factor 1 --partitions 1 --topic Test

阅读主题

# /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh  localhost:9092 --topic flows --from-beginning

user644265在这个答案中建议的临时减少主题的保留时间的解决方法仍然有效，但最新版本的kafka-configs会警告——zookeeper选项已被弃用:

警告:——zookeeper已弃用，并将在Kafka的未来版本中删除

使用——bootstrap-server代替;例如

kafka-configs --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --alter --entity-type topics --entity-name my_topic --add-config retention.ms=100

and

kafka-configs --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --alter --entity-type topics --entity-name my_topic --delete-config retention.ms

这里有很多很棒的答案，但在其中，我没有找到一个关于docker的答案。我花了一些时间来弄清楚在这种情况下使用代理容器是错误的(显然!!)

## this is wrong!
docker exec broker1 kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --alter --topic mytopic --config retention.ms=1000

Exception in thread "main" kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClientTimeoutException: Timed out waiting for connection while in state: CONNECTING
        at kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClient.$anonfun$waitUntilConnected$3(ZooKeeperClient.scala:258)
        at scala.runtime.java8.JFunction0$mcV$sp.apply(JFunction0$mcV$sp.java:23)
        at kafka.utils.CoreUtils$.inLock(CoreUtils.scala:253)
        at kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClient.waitUntilConnected(ZooKeeperClient.scala:254)
        at kafka.zookeeper.ZooKeeperClient.<init>(ZooKeeperClient.scala:112)
        at kafka.zk.KafkaZkClient$.apply(KafkaZkClient.scala:1826)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$ZookeeperTopicService$.apply(TopicCommand.scala:280)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$.main(TopicCommand.scala:53)
        at kafka.admin.TopicCommand.main(TopicCommand.scala)

我应该使用zookeeper:2181而不是——zookeeper localhost:2181作为我的撰写文件

## this might be an option, but as per comment below not all zookeeper images can have this script included
docker exec zookeper1 kafka-topics --zookeeper localhost:2181 --alter --topic mytopic --config retention.ms=1000

正确的命令应该是

docker exec broker1 kafka-configs --zookeeper zookeeper:2181 --alter --entity-type topics --entity-name dev_gdn_urls --add-config retention.ms=12800000

希望能节省一些人的时间。

另外，请注意消息不会立即删除，而是在关闭日志段时删除。

更新:这个答案与Kafka 0.6相关。对于Kafka 0.8和以后参见@Patrick的回答。

是的，停止kafka，手动删除相应子目录下的所有文件(在kafka数据目录下很容易找到)。kafka重启后，主题将为空。