Site to Site and Reverse Proxy Examples

Here are some example reverse proxy and NiFi setups to illustrate what configuration files look like.

Client1 in the following diagrams represents a client that does not have direct access to NiFi nodes, and it accesses through the reverse proxy, while Client2 has direct access.

In this example, Nginx is used as a reverse proxy.

Example 1: RAW - Server name to Node mapping

Client1 initiates Site-to-Site protocol, the request is routed to one of upstream NiFi nodes. The NiFi node computes Site-to-Site port for RAW. By the routing rule example1 in nifi.properties shown below, port 10443 is returned.
Client1 asks peers to nifi.example.com:10443, the request is routed to nifi0:8081. The NiFi node computes available peers, by example1 routing rule, nifi0:8081 is converted to nifi0.example.com:10443, so are nifi1 and nifi2. As a result, nifi0.example.com:10443, nifi1.example.com:10443 and nifi2.example.com:10443 are returned.
Client1 decides to use nifi2.example.com:10443 for further communication.
On the other hand, Client2 has two URIs for Site-to-Site bootstrap URIs, and initiates the protocol using one of them. The example1 routing does not match this for this request, and port 8081 is returned.
Client2 asks peers from nifi1:8081. The example1 does not match, so the original nifi0:8081, nifi1:8081 and nifi2:8081 are returned as they are.
Client2 decides to use nifi2:8081 for further communication.

Routing rule example1 defined in nifi.properties (all nodes have the same routing configuration):


# S2S Routing for RAW, using server name to node
nifi.remote.route.raw.example1.when=\
${X-ProxyHost:equals('nifi.example.com'):or(\
${s2s.source.hostname:equals('nifi.example.com'):or(\
${s2s.source.hostname:equals('192.168.99.100')})})}
nifi.remote.route.raw.example1.hostname=${s2s.target.hostname}.example.com
nifi.remote.route.raw.example1.port=10443
nifi.remote.route.raw.example1.secure=true

nginx.conf :


http {

    upstream nifi {
        server nifi0:8443;
        server nifi1:8443;
        server nifi2:8443;
    }

    # Use dnsmasq so that hostnames such as 'nifi0' can be resolved by /etc/hosts
    resolver 127.0.0.1;

    server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name nifi.example.com;
        ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/nginx.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/nginx.key;

        proxy_ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/nginx.crt;
        proxy_ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/nginx.key;
        proxy_ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/nginx/nifi-cert.pem;

        location / {
            proxy_pass https://nifi;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyScheme https;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyHost nginx.example.com;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyPort 17590;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyContextPath /;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxiedEntitiesChain <$ssl_client_s_dn>;
        }
    }
}

stream {

    map $ssl_preread_server_name $nifi {
        nifi0.example.com nifi0;
        nifi1.example.com nifi1;
        nifi2.example.com nifi2;
        default nifi0;
    }

    resolver 127.0.0.1;

    server {
        listen 10443;
        proxy_pass $nifi:8081;
    }
}

Example 2: RAW - Port number to Node mapping

The example2 routing maps original host names (nifi0, nifi1 and nifi2) to different proxy ports (10443, 10444 and 10445) using equals and ifElse expressions.

Routing rule example2 defined in nifi.properties (all nodes have the same routing configuration):


# S2S Routing for RAW, using port number to node
nifi.remote.route.raw.example2.when=\
${X-ProxyHost:equals('nifi.example.com'):or(\
${s2s.source.hostname:equals('nifi.example.com'):or(\
${s2s.source.hostname:equals('192.168.99.100')})})}
nifi.remote.route.raw.example2.hostname=nifi.example.com
nifi.remote.route.raw.example2.port=\
${s2s.target.hostname:equals('nifi0'):ifElse('10443',\
${s2s.target.hostname:equals('nifi1'):ifElse('10444',\
${s2s.target.hostname:equals('nifi2'):ifElse('10445',\
'undefined')})})}
nifi.remote.route.raw.example2.secure=true

nginx.conf :


http {
    # Same as example 1.
}

stream {

    map $ssl_preread_server_name $nifi {
        nifi0.example.com nifi0;
        nifi1.example.com nifi1;
        nifi2.example.com nifi2;
        default nifi0;
    }

    resolver 127.0.0.1;

    server {
        listen 10443;
        proxy_pass nifi0:8081;
    }
    server {
        listen 10444;
        proxy_pass nifi1:8081;
    }
    server {
        listen 10445;
        proxy_pass nifi2:8081;
    }
}

Example 3: HTTP - Server name to Node mapping

Routing rule example3 defined in nifi.properties (all nodes have the same routing configuration):


# S2S Routing for HTTP
nifi.remote.route.http.example3.when=${X-ProxyHost:contains('.example.com')}
nifi.remote.route.http.example3.hostname=${s2s.target.hostname}.example.com
nifi.remote.route.http.example3.port=443
nifi.remote.route.http.example3.secure=true

nginx.conf :


http {
    upstream nifi_cluster {
        server nifi0:8443;
        server nifi1:8443;
        server nifi2:8443;
    }

    # If target node is not specified, use one from cluster.
    map $http_host $nifi {
        nifi0.example.com:443 "nifi0:8443";
        nifi1.example.com:443 "nifi1:8443";
        nifi2.example.com:443 "nifi2:8443";
        default "nifi_cluster";
    }

    resolver 127.0.0.1;

    server {
        listen 443 ssl;
        server_name ~^(.+\.example\.com)$;
        ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/nginx.crt;
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/nginx.key;

        proxy_ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/nginx.crt;
        proxy_ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/nginx.key;
        proxy_ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/nginx/nifi-cert.pem;

        location / {
            proxy_pass https://$nifi;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyScheme https;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyHost $1;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyPort 443;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxyContextPath /;
            proxy_set_header X-ProxiedEntitiesChain <$ssl_client_s_dn>;
        }
    }
}