Installing and starting NiFi Registry manually on Linux

You can install NiFi Registry as a stand-alone application on a Linux operating system.

Decompress and untar the installation files into the desired installation directory.
Make any desired edits in files found under <installdir>/conf
From the <installdir>/bin directory, run the following commands by typing ./nifi-registry.sh <command>:
- start: starts NiFi Registry in the background
- stop: stops NiFi Registry that is running in the background
- status: provides the current status of NiFi Registry
- run: runs NiFi Registry in the foreground and waits for a Ctrl-C to initiate shutdown of NiFi Registry
- install: installs NiFi Registry as a service that can then be controlled via
  - service nifi-registry start
  - service nifi-registry stop
  - service nifi-registry status

When NiFi Registry first starts up, the following directories are created: