Course Outline
Foundations of NiFi and Data Flow
- Concepts and challenges of data in motion versus data at rest
- NiFi architecture: cores, flow controller, provenance, and bulletin
- Core components: processors, connections, controllers, and provenance
Big Data Context and Integration
- NiFi's role within Big Data ecosystems (Hadoop, Kafka, cloud storage)
- Overview of HDFS, MapReduce, and contemporary alternatives
- Application scenarios: stream ingestion, log shipping, and event pipelines
Installation, Configuration & Cluster Setup
- Deploying NiFi in both single-node and cluster modes
- Cluster settings: node roles, Zookeeper, and load balancing
- Orchestrating deployments using Ansible, Docker, or Helm
Designing and Managing Dataflows
- Techniques for routing, filtering, splitting, and merging flows
- Configuring processors (InvokeHTTP, QueryRecord, PutDatabaseRecord, etc.)
- Managing schema, enrichment, and transformation operations
- Implementing error handling, retry relationships, and backpressure
Integration Scenarios
- Establishing connections to databases, messaging systems, and REST APIs
- Streaming data to analytics platforms: Kafka, Elasticsearch, or cloud storage
- Integration with Splunk, Prometheus, or logging pipelines
Monitoring, Recovery & Provenance
- Leveraging the NiFi UI, metrics, and provenance visualizer
- Designing autonomous recovery mechanisms and graceful failure handling
- Strategies for backup, flow versioning, and change management
Performance Tuning & Optimization
- Adjusting JVM, heap, thread pools, and clustering parameters
- Refining flow design to minimize bottlenecks
- Managing resource isolation, flow prioritization, and throughput control
Best Practices & Governance
- Standards for flow documentation, naming, and modular design
- Security measures: TLS, authentication, access control, and data encryption
- Governance through change control, versioning, role-based access, and audit trails
Troubleshooting & Incident Response
- Addressing common issues: deadlocks, memory leaks, and processor errors
- Conducting log analysis, error diagnostics, and root cause investigations
- Applying recovery strategies and flow rollbacks
Hands-on Lab: Implementing a Realistic Data Pipeline
- Constructing an end-to-end flow covering ingestion, transformation, and delivery
- Implementing error handling, backpressure, and scaling mechanisms
- Testing and tuning pipeline performance
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Familiarity with the Linux command line
- Fundamental understanding of networking and data systems
- Prior exposure to 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.
