MiNiFi C++ agent authentication

Learn about the properties that you need to set to configure TLS for MiNiFi C++ agent.

To configure the TLS context for MiNiFi C++, including client certificates and trust settings, edit the following properties in conf/minifi.properties:

# Security Properties #

# enable tls #
nifi.remote.input.secure=true
# if you want to enable client certificate base authorization #
nifi.security.need.ClientAuth=true
# setup the client certificate and private key PEM files #
nifi.security.client.certificate=./conf/client.pem
nifi.security.client.private.key=./conf/client.pem
# setup the client private key passphrase file #
nifi.security.client.pass.phrase=./conf/password
# setup the client CA certificate file #
nifi.security.client.ca.certificate=./conf/nifi-cert.pem

On Windows, MiNiFi C++ can integrate with the Windows certificate store. For instructions on how to do this, see Integrating with the Windows certificate store.