Agent authentication

Learn about the properties that you need to set to configure TLS for MiNiFi agents.

When TLS is enabled to secure Edge Flow Manager (EFM), agents must be authenticated using client certificates. Client certificates are trusted if the Certificate Authority and any intermediate signing authorities (if applicable) are present in the EFM truststore configured as described in TLS configuration for EFM.

For more information on requirements for MiNiFi agent client certificates and instructions for generating new certificates, see TLS keys and certificates.

Cloudera recommends using a unique client certificate per agent. However, it is not a requirement.

For details about the properties that you need to set to configure TLS for MiNiFi agents, see MiNiFi C++ agent authentication and MiNiFi Java agent authentication.