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Connecting NiFi to NiFi Registry

Learn about the steps to configure NiFi to connect to the NiFi Registry, enabling support for versioned flows in Cloudera Flow Management.

  • You have added and configured NiFi and NiFi Registry.
  • You have started both NiFi and NiFi Registry.
  1. In the NiFi UI, open the Global Menu and select Controller Settings.
  2. Navigate to the Registry Clients tab.
  3. Click the Add icon (+) to launch the Add Registry Client dialog.
    The following modal window is displayed:


  4. Enter NiFi Registry as the name of the service you just created.
  5. Click ADD.

    The new entry appears marked with indicating that the URL is missing. This is expected behavior.

  6. To provide the Registry URL, click on the right side of the Registry Client row and enter the URL of your NiFi Registry instance, including the port.


  7. Click UPDATE.

    The warning () disappears, confirming that the connection is established. You can close the configuration.

Once you have connected NiFi and NiFi Registry, add users or groups to Ranger policies, and if needed, deselect unwanted NiFi Registry dependencies.