NIFI-370 This adds system requirements to the Admin Guide and a list of supported browsers to the User Guide.
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi/commit/01038f4e Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi/tree/01038f4e Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi/diff/01038f4e Branch: refs/heads/develop Commit: 01038f4e2c26c21c7443cffb8a7426596687a43e Parents: b6f4026 Author: Jenn Barnabee <[email protected]> Authored: Mon Feb 23 14:08:47 2015 -0500 Committer: Jenn Barnabee <[email protected]> Committed: Mon Feb 23 14:08:47 2015 -0500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .../src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc | 22 ++++++++++++++++++-- .../nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc | 11 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi/blob/01038f4e/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc b/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc index b2fdc5a..938b581 100644 --- a/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc +++ b/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/administration-guide.adoc @@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ NiFi System Administrator's Guide Apache NiFi Team <[email protected]> :homepage: http://nifi.incubator.apache.org +System Requirements +------------------- +Apache NiFi can run on something as simple as a laptop, but it can also be clustered across many enterprise servers. The hardware and memory you need will depend on the size and nature of the dataflow you are running. NiFi has the following system requirements: + +* Requires Java 7 +* Supported Operating Systems: +** Linux +** Unix +** Windows +** Mac OS X +* Supported Web Browsers: +** Internet Explorer 9+ (see note below) +** Mozilla FireFox 24+ +** Google Chrome 36+ +** Safari 8 + +Note that there is a known issue in Internet Explorer (IE) 10 and 11 that can cause problems when moving items on the NiFi graph. If you encounter this problem, we suggest using a browser other than IE. This known issue is described here: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/Feedback/Details/1050422. + How to install and start NiFi ----------------------------- @@ -63,8 +81,8 @@ See the <<system_properties>> section of this guide for more information about c Best Practice Configuration --------------------------- NOTE: Typical Linux defaults are not necessarily well tuned for the needs of an IO intensive application like -NiFi. For all of these areas your distributions requirements may vary. Use these sections as advice but -consult your distribution specific documentation for how best to achieve these recommendations. +NiFi. For all of these areas your distribution's requirements may vary. Use these sections as advice but +consult your distribution-specific documentation for how best to achieve these recommendations. Maximum File Handles:: NiFi will at any one time potentially have a very large number of file handles open. Increase the limits by http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi/blob/01038f4e/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc b/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc index 9208153..e13aaac 100644 --- a/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc +++ b/nifi/nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc @@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ along several dimensions of quality of service, such as loss-tolerant versus gua high throughput, and priority-based queuing. NiFi provides fine-grained data provenance for all data received, forked, joined cloned, modified, sent, and ultimately dropped upon reaching its configured end-state. +See the Admin Guide for information about system requirements, installation, and configuration. Once NiFi is installed, +use a supported web browser to view the User Interface. Supported web browsers include: + +* Internet Explorer 9+ (see note below) +* Mozilla FireFox 24+ +* Google Chrome 36+ +* Safari 8 + +Note that there is a known issue in Internet Explorer (IE) 10 and 11 that can cause problems when moving items on the NiFi graph. If you encounter this problem, we suggest using a browser other than IE. This known issue is described here: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/Feedback/Details/1050422. + + [template="glossary", id="terminology"] Terminology
