Course Outline
Fundamentals of NiFi and Data Flow for Government
- Concepts and challenges related to data in motion versus data at rest
- NiFi architecture: cores, flow controller, provenance, and bulletin
- Key components: processors, connections, controllers, and provenance
Big Data Context and Integration for Government
- The role of NiFi in big data ecosystems (Hadoop, Kafka, cloud storage)
- Overview of HDFS, MapReduce, and modern alternatives
- Use cases: stream ingestion, log shipping, event pipelines
Installation, Configuration & Cluster Setup for Government
- Installing NiFi on single node and in cluster mode
- Cluster configuration: node roles, ZooKeeper, and load balancing
- Orchestrating NiFi deployments using Ansible, Docker, or Helm
Designing and Managing Dataflows for Government
- Routing, filtering, splitting, and merging flows
- Processor configuration (InvokeHTTP, QueryRecord, PutDatabaseRecord, etc.)
- Handling schema, enrichment, and transformation operations
- Error handling, retry relationships, and backpressure management
Integration Scenarios for Government
- Connecting to databases, messaging systems, and REST APIs
- Streaming data to analytics systems: Kafka, Elasticsearch, or cloud storage
- Integrating with Splunk, Prometheus, or logging pipelines
Monitoring, Recovery & Provenance for Government
- Using the NiFi UI, metrics, and provenance visualizer
- Designing autonomous recovery and graceful failure handling mechanisms
- Backup, flow versioning, and change management practices
Performance Tuning & Optimization for Government
- Tuning JVM, heap, thread pools, and clustering parameters
- Optimizing flow design to minimize bottlenecks
- Implementing resource isolation, flow prioritization, and throughput control
Best Practices & Governance for Government
- Flow documentation, naming standards, and modular design principles
- Security measures: TLS, authentication, access control, and data encryption
- Change control processes, versioning, role-based access, and audit trails
Troubleshooting & Incident Response for Government
- Common issues: deadlocks, memory leaks, processor errors
- Log analysis, error diagnostics, and root cause investigation techniques
- Recovery strategies and flow rollback procedures
Hands-on Lab: Realistic Data Pipeline Implementation for Government
- Building an end-to-end data flow: ingestion, transformation, and delivery
- Implementing error handling, backpressure management, and scaling solutions
- Conducting performance testing and tuning the pipeline
Summary and Next Steps for Government
Requirements
- Experience with Linux command line operations
- Fundamental knowledge of networking and data systems
- Familiarity with data streaming or ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) concepts
Audience for Government
- System administrators
- Data engineers
- Developers
- DevOps professionals
Testimonials (7)
Hands on exercises. Class should have been 5 days, but the 3 days helped to clear up a lot of questions that I had from working with NiFi already
James - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I thought the trainer's pace was good. He left no student behind with his approach. He was very supportive with us NEWBIES that may not have had a System Administrator or Infrastructure role during our career or resurrected those skills from a prior period of our career.
Pamdrea Ivory - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I like the hands on section. It helped me to better retain information by completing the provided exercises. Also, the trainer's ability to engage with the entire class made me feel comfortable to ask questions on things I was not sure about.
Leila - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
Use-cases, examples for building NiFi dataflows. We worked on troubleshooting common problems and gotchas.
Nelson - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I loved the structure. We dove into the basics of Nifi, concepts, use cases, etc. on day 1. On day 2, we got to put Day 1 knowledge into practice by building out flows to meet scenario requirements. Day 3 we got to see Nifi Registry and version control, mulit-tenancy, and go over Q&A.
Adam - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
I like how he was able to elaborate about Nifi and how powerful it is. You can basically use it for any infrastructure and use many different computer languages. Also i was glad we were able to fix the Nifi cert renewal issue we were having with the Truststore.
Joachim Martin - BHG Financial
Course - Apache NiFi for Administrators
general knowledge and the possibilities that the training offered in terms on the tool.
