# Kafka to logstash , with dynamic topic creation **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 12, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-to-logstash-with-dynamic-topic-creation/281181 "2021-08-12T10:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![navox\_nadhir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navox_nadhir/32/92910_2.png) [@navox\_nadhir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navox_nadhir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-to-logstash-with-dynamic-topic-creation/281181/1 "2021-08-12T10:00:25Z")
I have a question ; i need to know if logstash can handle the creation of topics kafka dynamically basing on feilds ! as un output ! the pipeline is kafka input --\> logstash --\> kafka output the use case is kubernetes and we want to seperate namespaces logs for evry topic ! is that possible with logstash ? ---
**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-to-logstash-with-dynamic-topic-creation/281181/2 "2021-08-12T15:16:43Z")
The [code](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-kafka/blob/e570b80b7de536a03662f9453d49cedf9f62ea56/lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb#L299) does sprintf topic\_id, so it can be based on a field value. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kafka-to-logstash-with-dynamic-topic-creation/281181/3 "2021-09-09T15:17:21Z")
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