spotlightcybersecurity/nifi repository overview

An Apache NiFi⁠ container that is more friendly for standalone use. And it includes Python for running Python scripts via the ExecuteStreamCommand processor.

Source code for this container is hosted at https://gitlab.com/SpotlightCybersecurity/docker-nifi/⁠

Run this container like this (substituting the directories and ports for your setup).

docker run --rm -d --name nifi -e NIFI_SENSITIVE_PROPS_KEY=YourSensitivePropertiesKeyGoesHere -v /path/to/database:/data -v /path/to/config:/conf -p 8080:8080 spotlightcybersecurity/nifi

The container will put the persistent databases which track flowfiles in /data and the persistent flow configuration files in /conf (the NiFi properties are set via environment variables). Make sure both volumes are writeable by the nifi user inside the container.

⁠Notes About Security of NiFi in a container

This container listens on port 8000 with no authentication by default. Protect access to it by some other means: enable NiFi's built-in authentication or put a proxy in front of it (e.g. nginx).

⁠More info about Nifi

• Apache NiFi Official Site⁠
• Apache Nifi Documentation⁠ - List of Processors, User Guide (how to use the UI and setup flows), Admin Guide (how to setup authentication/authorization)