Course Outline
Foundations of NiFi and Data Flow
- Data in motion versus data at rest: underlying concepts and associated challenges
- NiFi architecture: core components, flow controller, provenance, and bulletin board
- Essential elements: processors, connections, controllers, and provenance tracking
Big Data Context and Integration
- The role of NiFi within Big Data ecosystems (Hadoop, Kafka, cloud storage)
- Introduction to HDFS, MapReduce, and contemporary alternatives
- Practical applications: stream ingestion, log shipping, and event pipelines
Installation, Configuration & Cluster Setup
- Deploying NiFi on single nodes and in cluster modes
- Configuring clusters: defining node roles, utilizing Zookeeper, and implementing load balancing
- Automating NiFi deployments using Ansible, Docker, or Helm
Designing and Managing Dataflows
- Techniques for routing, filtering, splitting, and merging flows
- Configuring processors (such as InvokeHTTP, QueryRecord, PutDatabaseRecord, etc.)
- Managing schemas, enrichment, and transformation tasks
- Strategies for error handling, retry relationships, and managing backpressure
Integration Scenarios
- Establishing connections with databases, messaging systems, and REST APIs
- Streaming data to analytics platforms like Kafka, Elasticsearch, or cloud storage solutions
- Integration with monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, or logging pipelines
Monitoring, Recovery & Provenance
- Leveraging the NiFi UI, metrics, and the provenance visualizer
- Creating strategies for autonomous recovery and graceful failure management
- Implementing backups, flow versioning, and change management protocols
Performance Tuning & Optimization
- Adjusting JVM settings, heap memory, thread pools, and clustering parameters
- Refining flow design to minimize bottlenecks
- Applying resource isolation, flow prioritization, and throughput controls
Best Practices & Governance
- Establishing flow documentation, naming conventions, and modular design standards
- Security measures: TLS, authentication, access control, and data encryption
- Enforcing change control, versioning, role-based access, and audit trails
Troubleshooting & Incident Response
- Addressing common issues such as deadlocks, memory leaks, and processor errors
- Conducting log analysis, error diagnostics, and root cause investigations
- Developing recovery strategies and implementing flow rollbacks
Hands-on Lab: Realistic Data Pipeline Implementation
- Constructing an end-to-end flow covering ingestion, transformation, and delivery
- Applying error handling, backpressure management, and scaling techniques
- Testing and tuning pipeline performance
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Proficiency with the Linux command line
- Fundamental knowledge of networking and data systems
- Familiarity with data streaming or ETL concepts
Target Audience
- System administrators
- Data engineers
- Developers
- DevOps professionals
Testimonials (7)
Hands on exercises. Class should have been 5 days, but the 3 days helped to clear up a lot of questions that I had from working with NiFi already
James - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I thought the trainer's pace was good. He left no student behind with his approach. He was very supportive with us NEWBIES that may not have had a System Administrator or Infrastructure role during our career or resurrected those skills from a prior period of our career.
Pamdrea Ivory - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I like the hands on section. It helped me to better retain information by completing the provided exercises. Also, the trainer's ability to engage with the entire class made me feel comfortable to ask questions on things I was not sure about.
Leila - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
Use-cases, examples for building NiFi dataflows. We worked on troubleshooting common problems and gotchas.
Nelson - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I loved the structure. We dove into the basics of Nifi, concepts, use cases, etc. on day 1. On day 2, we got to put Day 1 knowledge into practice by building out flows to meet scenario requirements. Day 3 we got to see Nifi Registry and version control, mulit-tenancy, and go over Q&A.
Adam - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I like how he was able to elaborate about Nifi and how powerful it is. You can basically use it for any infrastructure and use many different computer languages. Also i was glad we were able to fix the Nifi cert renewal issue we were having with the Truststore.
Joachim Martin - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
general knowledge and the possibilities that the training offered in terms on the tool.
