Installing NiFi and NiFi Registry on a Compute cluster

Follow these steps to add and configure NiFi and NiFi Registry on a Cloudera Base on premises Compute cluster.

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This is not a recommended configuration. Cloudera recommends installing NiFi Registry on your Base cluster.

Creating a Shared Data Context
Create a Shared Data Context to allow the Compute cluster to access data, metadata, and security services from the Base cluster. This shared context is required before you can create Compute clusters.
Adding the NiFi and NiFi Registry groups to Ranger in the Base cluster
Add the NiFi and NiFi Registry groups to Ranger on the Base cluster if the Cloudera Flow Management parcel has not been activated there. This ensures proper permission management for services running on the Compute cluster.
Creating a Compute cluster
Create a Cloudera Base on premises Compute cluster that will host the NiFi and NiFi Registry services.
Adding the NiFi and NiFi Registry services to a Compute cluster
Add and configure the NiFi and NiFi Registry services on the Compute cluster. This enables you to deploy and manage data flows using resources that are separate from the Base cluster.
Connecting NiFi to NiFi Registry
Configure NiFi to connect to the NiFi Registry. This enables versioned flow management and synchronization between the two services.
Adding users or groups to Ranger policies
Define access control for NiFi and NiFi Registry by adding users or user groups to Ranger policies.
Deselecting unwanted NiFi Registry dependencies
Remove unnecessary dependencies that might have been been added to NiFi Registry during cluster installation to maintain a clean and optimized configuration.