Bimal, 

The sensitive keys property specifies a raw value from which the encryption key 
for sensitive component properties is derived. This is used to protect things 
like a database password, AWS credentials, etc. that you configure in your 
flows when they are persisted to the file system. You should populate this 
property with a long and unique value in your nifi.properties file. 

This is documented in the Admin Guide [1][2]. If you have an existing flow with 
sensitive properties already encrypted using the default empty key, you can 
migrate them using the NiFi Encrypt Config Toolkit [3]. 

[1] 
https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#how-to-install-and-start-nifi
 
<https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#how-to-install-and-start-nifi>
[2] 
https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#security_properties
 
<https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#security_properties>
[3] 
https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/toolkit-guide.html#encrypt_config_tool
 
<https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/toolkit-guide.html#encrypt_config_tool>




Andy LoPresto
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> On Apr 4, 2019, at 9:43 AM, Bimal Mehta <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I recently upgraded to NiFi 1.9.0.
> However on starting the NiFi service I get the following error
> 
> A blank sensitive properties key was provided
> Specify a unique key in nifi.properties for nifi.sensitive.props.key
> 
> I am not sure about this property. What do I need to do?
> 
> Thanks
> Bimal Mehta

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