Java System Variables in NIFI

["Richards, Michael W" <mi...@usbank.com.INVALID>]

Hi NIFI -

I am using NIFI over here at US Bank.  Is see that that the NIFI system variables are in the nifi.properties file.  If I want to set my own java system property for a custom NAR processor that I am writing, where exactly do I set that?  I'm assuming I don't want to add mine to nifi.properties.

Thanks in advance.


Mike Richards
Phone: 612-973-5181
Email: michael.richards1@usbank.com<ma...@usbank.com>




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Re: Java System Variables in NIFI

[Joe Witt <jo...@gmail.com>]

Mike,

You can set your own custom properties in the nifi.properties file as
you mention and this would be the appropriate place for things that
'must be' system properties in a Java JVM sense.

https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/administration-guide.html#custom_properties

However, it would be ideal to avoid needing a true system property as
this is often indicative of something that might well not be
Nar/isolated classloader friendly.  If possible it would be better to
leverage the variables of a process group.  This can be better
understood here

https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/user-guide.html#Variables_Window

These would be properties which get passed into the
processor/components of a given group and their lifecycles well
managed and works with the versioned flow model safely.  Usually
system properties by comparison tend to have a presumed JVM wide and
JVM scope lifetime.

Thanks

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 2:07 PM Richards, Michael W
<mi...@usbank.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> Hi NIFI -
>
> I am using NIFI over here at US Bank.  Is see that that the NIFI system variables are in the nifi.properties file.  If I want to set my own java system property for a custom NAR processor that I am writing, where exactly do I set that?  I'm assuming I don't want to add mine to nifi.properties.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Mike Richards
> Phone: 612-973-5181
> Email: michael.richards1@usbank.com<ma...@usbank.com>
>
>
>
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