I'm trying to transition my data collection from a variety of configuration files and scripts running in cron to NiFi.
Given the hundreds of servers I have to collect from, creating a flow for each server and data type would be very time consuming. Even utilizing templates, creating everything in the GUI would take too long. I've considered writing a script that uses the API to generate the flows, but I'm concerned that it will be difficult to make changes without deleting whole sections of my flow and regenerating them. I've written a few custom processors, so I'm considering building what I need on my own and leveraging the existing processors when I can. If anyone else has done something similar and would be willing to share their strategy, I'd really appreciate it. -Kirk
