Very interesting idea. But it would have to autodetect a stopped processor, and redirect the success path elsewhere. Is there a way to make that switch automatic through processor and/or workflow configuration, rather than make it be a manual change?
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Bryan Bende <[email protected]> wrote: > During this time when some of the steps are stopped, could just > connect your HandleHttpRequest to a different path through the flow > that returns an unavailable, and then when everything is back to > normal connect it back to the regular path? > > > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:15 AM, James McMahon <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you for replying Bryan. Yes sir, I can elaborate. Applications are > > trying to post content to my NiFi instance to have it processed to > > downstream systems. Occasionally there are legitimate reasons why we > might > > have the steps stopped. Routine administration, that sort of activity. In > > such cases - NiFi is up, we still have jetty running, but a processor or > the > > processors in a workflow are stopped, isn't there a way to intercept the > > Http POST request at the jetty server level to send a clean reply, such > as > > Unavailable? > > > > The software engineers responsible for the POSTing applications are > asking > > for this. Apparently it is cleaner and preferred to have their software > > field a standard Http Reply to their POST than to wait for an indefinite > > period of time for the equivalent of a timeout error. > > > > Thanks again for your help. -Jim > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Bryan Bende <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm not sure I fully understand the question... > >> > >> You would need HandletHttpRequest -> some processors -> > >> HandleHttpResponse all in a running state in order for someone to > >> receive a response. > >> > >> Can you elaborate on what you are trying to do? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Bryan > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:32 AM, James McMahon <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Good morning. The first processor in my workflow is a > HandleHttpRequest. > >> > How > >> > do we set up to send a HandleHttpResponse if that processor is stopped > >> > and > >> > so not in a running state? > >> > > >> > Thank you. -Jim Mc. > > > > >
