It is a Java app. So it's not like having virtualized container adds a whole lot of value. To quickly try out NiFi, currently you would:
- install java (if not already) - download latest tar.gz - unzip to some user directory - modify nifi.properties - bin/nifi.sh start - http://localhost:8080/nifi With a virtualized container, you're possibly saving the step of downloading java and modifying the nifi.properties (to some default "unsecure" configuration). The rest of the steps would still be performed, substituting download of the image and running it. So maybe this is simply a function of a "quick start" documentation, with screenshots? I'm not seeing a lot of value for using a container, simply for demo purposes. A live hosted demo might be interesting to consider. You would have to deal with the problem of someone using a GetFile that is looking at /etc, for example. Adam On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > Yesterday I had a chance to talk to a really cool startup with awesome > developers who gave some great feedback on nifi. One of the things > they mentioned was how much they loved the UI. In fact they said if > they hadn't seen the reference to the UI they would have said > 'interesting' and moved on but not really followed up. > > The point they made is we should make it as easy as possible to get > from landing on the apache nifi webpage to having an up and running > instance of NiFi for them to get to start playing with the UI. > > I'd like to put this out there to get a sense of how people see this > being most effectively done. > > They mentioned Vagrant. We've also had some folks mention and > contribute references to docker images. Other ideas might be > providing a live/running site where people could just immediately > start gaining familiarity with nifi. > > Each of these have different pros/cons and it is unclear how to do > these in apache effective ways. > > Look forward to ideas you all may have or thoughts on what other > effective approaches projects have taken. > > Thanks > Joe >
