Control-M for Apache NiFi
Apache NiFi is an open-source tool that automates data flow across systems in real time.
Control-M for Apache NiFi enables you to do the following:
- Activate the Apache NiFi to start, stop, disable and update Apache NiFi processors
- Manage Apache NiFi credentials in a secure connection profile.
- Connect to any Apache NiFi endpoint.
- Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Apache NiFi, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
- Integrate Apache NiFi jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
- Monitor the job status, results, and output of Apache NiFi jobs.
- Attach an SLA job to the Apache NiFi jobs.
Control-M for Apache NiFi Compatibility
The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the Apache NiFi plug-in, each with its minimum required version.
Component | Version |
|---|---|
Control-M/EM | 9.0.21.200 |
Control-M/Agent | 9.0.21.200 |
Control-M Application Integrator | 9.0.21.200 |
Control-M Automation API | 9.0.21.200 |
Control-M for Apache NiFi is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.
To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining-Control-M-Installation-Files.
Setting up Control-M for Apache NiFi
This procedure describes how to deploy the Apache NiFi plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Apache NiFi job in Control-M Web and Automation API.
Before You Begin
Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.
Begin
- Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.
- Download the Apache NiFi plug-in from the Control-M for Apache NiFi download page in the EPD site.
- Install the Apache NiFi plug-in using the Automation API Provision service:
- Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
- Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
- Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
- Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
- Linux: ctm provision image Apache_NiFi_plugin.Linux
- Windows: ctm provision image Apache_NiFi_plugin.Windows
- Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
- Create an Apache NiFi connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Define an Apache NiFi job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
- Web: Creating a Job with Apache NiFi Job Parameters
- Automation API: Job:Apache NiFi