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Stopping a flow

Learn how to stop a flow on the Cloudera Data Flow UI.

Stopping a flow results in the following:

  • All processors are stopped and no data processing happens within the NiFi flow.
  • KPI alerts are stopped. KPI alerts are activated again when the flow is restarted.
  • Any active KPI alerts are resolved.
  • All underlying cloud resources remain allocated for the Cloudera Data Flow deployment.
  • You can modify flow configuration while the flow is stopped.
  • Stopped flows are still billable however if auto-scaling is enabled for the flow, a certain amount of cost reduction may occur.
  • You must have deployed a flow definition in Cloudera Data Flow.
  • You must have DFFlowAdmin permission.
  1. Open Cloudera Data Flow by clicking the Data Flow tile in the Cloudera sidebar.
  2. Click Deployments on the left navigation pane.
    The Deployments page is displayed.
  3. Select the flow you want to stop.
    • Select the deployment hosting your flow and then select the flow in the Flow & Deployments pane. Click Flow Actions > Manage Flow > Stop Flow
    • Select the Flows tab, then search for the flow you want to view in NiFi. Select the flow you want to view and click [More] > Manage Flow > Stop Flow.
  4. Select Stop Flow.
  5. In the Stop [Deployment Name] modal confirm your cchoice by clicking Stop Flow.