What is Cloudera Flow Management?
Cloudera Flow Management (CFM), powered by Apache NiFi and NiFi Registry, is a key component of the Cloudera DataFlow (CDF) platform. This documentation provides an overview of CFM, its capabilities, and the integration with various components.
Key features and capabilities
- Code-free data ingestion
- CFM allows you to ingest and manage data without the need for coding, providing a user-friendly solution for data movement within the enterprise.
- Versatile data capture
- You can capture diverse data types from any source securely, facilitating the seamless flow of data into the enterprise.
- Dynamic routing and data transformation
- You can transform and dynamically route data in real-time, ensuring flexibility in managing and optimizing data flows.
- Complex and scalable data flows
- CFM allows you to build intricate and scalable data flows, tailoring them to meet specific business requirements.
- Real-time monitoring and management
- You can manage, edit, and monitor data flows in real-time, offering transparency and control over the entire data movement process.
- DevOps-style flow development lifecycle
- You can adopt a DevOps-style development lifecycle, leveraging templates, version control, collaboration, and diverse deployment options for faster application delivery.
- Seamless integration
- CFM seamlessly integrates with CDF components such as Kafka, MiNiFi, Flink, Spark Streaming, as well as platform components like HBase, Hive, Impala, and Kudu.
Main components
- Apache NiFi
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- Core data ingestion engine featuring a no-code graphical user interface
- Supports 300+ processors for connectivity, transformation, and content routing
- Apache NiFi Registry
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- Companion to NiFi enabling DevOps-style flow development
- Supports versioning flows, promoting flows, and deploying flow applications across environments
