Kevin - good stuff! This is definitely a cool concept and long needed On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM Kevin Doran <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Dev community, > > I put together a NIP describing a goal of making data ingress ports > created as part of NiFi flow definitions (eg, a ListenHTTP processor) > dynamically discoverable [1]. > > Deploying NiFi in cloud or containerized environments, where network > ingress is controlled via an external component such as a gateway, > load balancer, or proxy, seems to be the norm for a lot of teams these > days. Additionally, through user discussion I see a preference for > flow versioning and automated flow deployments to promote new versions > from non-prod to prod environments. These factors make it burdensome > on operations teams to manage flows that contain Listen processors > that require network ingress rules. > > Dynamic discovery of NiFi flow ingress ports would be a step in the > right direction to enable teams to build automated deployment and > infrastructure-as-code logic that takes into account flow definitions > when creating corresponding, required network rules. The NIP describes > how that goal could be achieved, but I'm interested in the community's > perspective. Please comment on the Jira with any thoughts or feedback. > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIP-14 > > Cheers, > Kevin >
