Integrating NiFi and NiFi Registry with Knox

You can integrate NiFi and NiFi Registry with with Apache Knox Gateway (Knox) to securely access NiFi and NiFi Registry through a single, centralized entry point.

Knox provides the following benefits:

Centralized access to all services in the cluster
Single sign-on (SSO) authentication
Service-level authorization to the cluster
No direct exposure of service endpoints such as URLs, ports, or IP addresses.

When NiFi and NiFi Registry are integrated with Knox, users access the services through the Knox URL instead of connecting directly to individual NiFi nodes. This allows secure access to all NiFi nodes and enables seamless switching between nodes if one becomes unavailable.

For information more information on Knox, see the Apache Knox Overview.

For instructions on how to select Knox during the NiFi and NiFi Registry installation, see the Cloudera Flow Management Deployment documentation.