Why not using the NiFi wiki page at confluence???
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NIFI
There are so many great people that has made many wonderful blogs about
NiFi. But for new users it is a nightmare, so find them all. I think it
would be great if many of the wonderful tips and guides could be added to
the wiki. If not direct copied to the wiki, at least with a link.

regards
Jens M. Kofoed

Den ons. 28. jul. 2021 kl. 00.15 skrev Matt Burgess <[email protected]>:

> I’m planning on doing one all about QueryNiFiReportingTask and the
> RecordSinks, I can include this use case if you like, but would definitely
> encourage you to blog it as well :) my blog is at
> https://funnifi.blogspot.com as an example, there are many others as well.
>
> Regards,
> Matt
>
> On Jul 27, 2021, at 5:17 PM, scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> Joe,
> I'm not sure. What would be involved? I'm not familiar with a NiFi blog,
> can you point me to some examples?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 10:00 AM Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Scott
>>
>> This sounds pretty darn cool.  Any chance you'd be interested in
>> kicking out a blog on it?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 9:58 AM scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Matt/all,
>> > I was able to solve my problem using the QueryNiFiReportingTask with
>> "SELECT * FROM CONNECTION_STATUS WHERE isBackPressureEnabled = true" and
>> the new LoggingRecordSink as you suggested. Everything is working
>> flawlessly now. Thank you again!
>> >
>> > Scott
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 5:09 PM Matt Burgess <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Scott,
>> >>
>> >> Glad to hear it! Please let me know if you have any questions or if
>> >> issues arise. One thing I forgot to mention is that I think
>> >> backpressure prediction is disabled by default due to the extra
>> >> consumption of CPU to do the regressions, make sure the
>> >> "nifi.analytics.predict.enabled" property in nifi.properties is set to
>> >> "true" before starting NiFi.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Matt
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 7:21 PM scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Excellent! Very much appreciate the help and for setting me on the
>> right path. I'll give the queryNiFiReportingTask code a try.
>> >> >
>> >> > Scott
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 3:26 PM Matt Burgess <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Scott et al,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> There are a number of options for monitoring flows, including
>> >> >> backpressure and even backpressure prediction:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 1) The REST API for metrics. As you point out, it's subject to the
>> >> >> same authz/authn as any other NiFi operation and doesn't sound like
>> it
>> >> >> will work out for you.
>> >> >> 2) The Prometheus scrape target via the REST API. The issue would be
>> >> >> the same as #1 I presume.
>> >> >> 3) PrometheusReportingTask. This is similar to the REST scrape
>> target
>> >> >> but isn't subject to the usual NiFi authz/authn stuff, however it
>> does
>> >> >> support SSL/TLS for a secure solution (and is also a "pull" approach
>> >> >> despite it being a reporting task)
>> >> >> 4) QueryNiFiReportingTask. This is not included with the NiFi
>> >> >> distribution but can be downloaded separately, the latest version
>> >> >> (1.14.0) is at [1]. I believe this is what Andrew was referring to
>> >> >> when he mentioned being able to run SQL queries over the
>> information,
>> >> >> you can do something like "SELECT * FROM
>> CONNECTION_STATUS_PREDICTIONS
>> >> >> WHERE predictedTimeToBytesBackpressureMillis < 10000". This can be
>> >> >> done either as a push or pull depending on the Record Sink you
>> choose.
>> >> >> A SiteToSiteReportingRecordSink, KafkaRecordSink, or
>> LoggingRecordSink
>> >> >> results in a push (to NiFi, Kafka, or nifi-app.log respectively),
>> >> >> where a PrometheusRecordSink results in a pull the same as #2 and
>> #3.
>> >> >> There's even a ScriptedRecordSink where you can write your own
>> script
>> >> >> to put the results where you want them.
>> >> >> 5) The other reporting tasks. These have been mentioned frequently
>> in
>> >> >> this thread so no need for elaboration here :)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards,
>> >> >> Matt
>> >> >>
>> >> >> [1]
>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/releases/org/apache/nifi/nifi-sql-reporting-nar/1.14.0/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 5:58 PM scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Great comments all. I agree with the architecture comment about
>> push monitoring. I've been monitoring applications for more than 2 decades
>> now, but sometimes you have to work around the limitations of the
>> situation. It would be really nice if NiFi had this logic built-in, and
>> frankly I'm surprised it is not yet. I can't be the only one who has had to
>> deal with queues filling up, causing problems downstream. NiFi certainly
>> knows that the queues fill up, they change color and execute back-pressure
>> logic. If it would just do something simple like write a log/error message
>> to a log file when this happens, I would be good.
>> >> >> > I have looked at the new metrics and reporting tasks but still
>> haven't found the right thing to do to get notified when any queue in my
>> instance fills up. Are there any examples of using them for a similar task
>> you can share?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >> > Scott
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:29 AM [email protected] <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> In general, it is a bad architecture to do monitoring via pull
>> request. You should always push. I recommend a look at the book "The Art of
>> Monitoring" by James Turnbull.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I also recommend the very good articles by Pierre Villard on the
>> subject of NiFi monitoring at
>> https://pierrevillard.com/2017/05/11/monitoring-nifi-introduction/.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Hope this helps.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards
>> >> >> >> Kay-Uwe Moosheimer
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Am 21.07.2021 um 16:45 schrieb Andrew Grande <[email protected]
>> >:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> Can't you leverage some of the recent nifi features and
>> basically run sql queries over NiFi metrics directly as part of the flow?
>> Then act on it with a full flexibility of the flow. Kinda like a push
>> design.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Andrew
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2021, 2:31 PM scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Hi all,
>> >> >> >>> I'm trying to setup some monitoring of all queues in my NiFi
>> instance, to catch before queues become full. One solution I am looking at
>> is to use the API, but because I have a secure NiFi that uses LDAP, it
>> seems to require a token that expires in 24 hours or so. I need this to be
>> an automated solution, so that is not going to work. Has anyone else
>> tackled this problem with a secure LDAP enabled cluster?
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Thanks,
>> >> >> >>> Scott
>>
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