I'll scope it out. Thanks for taking an initial effort on it! On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:29 AM Peter Wilcsinszky <peterwilcsins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/2940 > > This is what I came up with, however not sure I covered your use case > Aldrin. I tried to have a symlink with the name /opt/nifi/nifi-current to > point to the original installation path, but the WORKDIR instruction > resolves the link and we end up running NiFi in /opt/nifi/nifi-<VERSION> > while the environment variables point to /opt/nifi/nifi-current which I > would avoid. > We can change the WORKDIR to be /opt/nifi and cd into nifi-current from the > script, but that would be a breaking change I beleive for anyone using > custom scripts and depending on the original working directory. > > What do you think? > > Cheers, > Peter > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 5:22 PM Aldrin Piri <aldrinp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't think there is an explicit reason why it was done that way, > rather > > this was the convention established with the way the artifacts were > > imported into the image and the way the assembly is constructed. > > > > Typically, at least in how I personally use the image, I am making use of > > volumes and am explicitly setting a version that is used throughout my > > simple script. This gives me the flexibilities I need in terms of > upgrades > > and the like. > > > > Having said all that, certainly in favor of the path suggested, it makes > > sense and is a nice and easy usability win. I would be sure to keep the > > versioned approach for those folks who prefer that convention and then > > additionally add a latest symlink. > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 2:10 AM Peter Wilcsinszky < > > peterwilcsins...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was wondering about this too. We have the option to add a symlink > which > > > you just mentioned and I can do that if there are no argument against. > > > > > > Also you can use the env var, when you do things through scripting: > > > docker run --rm -ti --entrypoint bash apache/nifi:1.7.0 -c "echo > > > \$NIFI_HOME" > > > /opt/nifi/nifi-1.7.0 > > > > > > I'm not sure about the original reasons it was created this way. We may > > > change to a version agnostic path with the next release and create a > > > symlink with the version for backward compatibility. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:01 AM Jon Logan <jmlo...@buffalo.edu> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I was looking at utilizing the Docker distribution but was wondering > if > > > any > > > > thought was given to making the paths version-agnostic? Specifically, > > the > > > > conf folder is in /opt/nifi/nifi-1.7.1/conf. This would mean any > > > > modifications we would make in a container or RPM would be tied to > > 1.7.1. > > > > > > > > I have seen other projects accomplish this with a symlink (ex. > > > > /opt/nifi/latest -> opt/nifi/nifi-1.7.1), and think that approach > might > > > > work as well here? > > > > > > > > Is there a better approach? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > >