apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
  name: topic-ops-kube-events-all-json
  namespace: kafka
spec:
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: topic-create
        topic-id: ops-kube-events-all-json
        topic-gen: "001"
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: kafka
        image: solsson/kafka:0.11.0.0@sha256:b27560de08d30ebf96d12e74f80afcaca503ad4ca3103e63b1fd43a2e4c976ce
        command:
        - ./bin/kafka-topics.sh
        - --zookeeper
        - zookeeper:2181
        - --create
        - --if-not-exists
        - --topic
        - ops-kube-events-all-json-001
        - --partitions
        - "1"
        - --replication-factor
        - "1"
        - --config
        # this might be eight days
        - retention.ms=69125000
      restartPolicy: Never

apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
  name: topic-ops-kube-events-all-json
  namespace: kafka
spec:
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: topic-create
        topic-id: ops-kube-events-all-json
        topic-gen: "001"
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: kafka
        image: solsson/kafka:0.11.0.0@sha256:b27560de08d30ebf96d12e74f80afcaca503ad4ca3103e63b1fd43a2e4c976ce
        command:
        - ./bin/kafka-topics.sh
        - --zookeeper
        - zookeeper:2181
        - --create
        - --if-not-exists
        - --topic
        - ops-kube-events-all-json-001
        - --partitions
        - "1"
        - --replication-factor
        - "1"
        - --config
        # 8 days
        - retention.ms=691200000  
      restartPolicy: Never

Fix retention from 0.8 days to 8 days
Fix retention from 0.8 days to 8 days

Silly change, but 0.8 days is very short.

Google helped me verify the math.