You can organize them by creating nested process groups to make it more sane to manage
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Darren Govoni <dar...@ontrenet.com> wrote: > Thanks Joe. > > And it seems all the different flows would be seen on the one canvas, just > not connected? > > > On 11/11/2015 10:02 AM, Joe Witt wrote: >> >> Darren, >> >> A single NiFi instance (on one node or a cluster of 10+) can handle >> *many* different flows. >> >> Thanks >> Joe >> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Darren Govoni <dar...@ontrenet.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Mark, >>> Thanks for the tips. Appreciate it. >>> >>> So when I run nifi on a single server. It is essentially "one flow"? >>> If I wanted to have say 2 or 3 active flows, I would (reasonably) have to >>> run more instances of nifi with appropriate >>> configuration to not conflict. Is that right? >>> >>> Darren >>> >>> >>> On 11/11/2015 09:54 AM, Mark Petronic wrote: >>>> >>>> Look in your Nifi conf directory. The active flow is there as an aptly >>>> named .gz file. Guessing you could just rename that and restart Nifi >>>> which would create a blank new one. Build up another flow, then you >>>> could repeat the same "copy to new file name" and restore some other >>>> one to continue on some previous flow/. I'm pretty new to Nifi, too, >>>> so maybe there is another way. Also, you can create point-in-time >>>> backups of your from from the "Settings" dialog in the DFM. There is a >>>> link that shows up in there to click. It will copy your master flow gz >>>> to your conf/archive directory. You can create multiple snapshots of >>>> your flow to retain change history. I actually gunzip my backups and >>>> commit them to Git for a more formal change history tracking >>>> mechanism. >>>> >>>> Hope that helps. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Darren Govoni <dar...@ontrenet.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi again, >>>>> Sorry for the noob questions. I am reading all the online material >>>>> as >>>>> much as possible. >>>>> But what hasn't jumped out at me yet is how flows are managed? >>>>> >>>>> Are they saved, loaded, etc? I access my nifi and build a flow. Now I >>>>> want >>>>> to save it and work on another flow. >>>>> Lastly, will the flow be running even if I exit the webapp? >>>>> >>>>> thanks for any tips. If I missed something obvious, regrets. >>>>> >>>>> D >>> >>> >
