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Creating a flow deployment

You are all set up for creating your first DataFlow deployment: you have a flow definition created in and downloaded from NiFi, a Cloudera DataFlow (CDF) environment, and the appropriate rights to that environment. All you need now is to follow a few easy steps to get your DataFlow deployment up and running.

Prerequisites

  • You have a data flow created in NiFi and downloaded as a flow definition JSON file.

  • You have an enabled and healthy CDF environment.

  • You have been assigned the DFCatalogAdmin role granting you access to the CDF Catalog.

  • You have been assigned the DFFlowAdmin role for the environment to which you want to deploy the flow definition.

The CDF Catalog is where you manage the flow definition lifecycle, from initial import, to versioning, to deploying a flow definition.