Thanks Bryan I got it, I thought the processor would be running as the user that had logged into the NIFI web UI.
Regards, Ben 2018-02-27 22:31 GMT+08:00 Bryan Bende <bbe...@gmail.com>: > Hello, > > Your custom processor would be the same as if you were writing an > external client program. > > You would need to provide the processor with a username and password > in the processor properties, and then it would need to make a call to > the token REST end-point. > > Processors don't run as the user from the web UI, they run on behalf > of the NiFi framework and have no idea which user started/stopped > them. > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 1:27 AM, 尹文才 <batman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi guys, I'm trying to invoke some nifi rest apis inside my custom > > processor, the nifi I'm using is nifi 1.4.0 and it's a 3 node secured > > cluster., the username and password are kept inside a ldap server. > > I know that in a secured nifi cluster, in order to make any request I > need > > the access token, my question is how could I get the access token in my > > custom processor? Thanks. (I think the token should be > > available somewhere after successful login right?) > > > > regards, > > ben >