Helm Chart for Apache NiFi

Introduction

This Helm chart installs Apache NiFi 1.16.3 in a Kubernetes cluster.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes cluster 1.10+
• Helm 3.0.0+
• Persistent Volumes (PV) provisioner support in the underlying infrastructure.

Installation

Add Helm repository

helm repo add cetic https://cetic.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update

Configure the chart

The following items can be set via --set flag during installation or configured by editing the values.yaml file directly (need to download the chart first).

Configure how to expose nifi service

• Ingress: The ingress controller must be installed in the Kubernetes cluster.
• ClusterIP: Exposes the service on a cluster-internal IP. Choosing this value makes the service only reachable from within the cluster.
• NodePort: Exposes the service on each Node’s IP at a static port (the NodePort). You’ll be able to contact the NodePort service, from outside the cluster, by requesting NodeIP:NodePort.
• LoadBalancer: Exposes the service externally using a cloud provider’s load balancer.

Configure how to persist data

• Disable: The data does not survive the termination of a pod.
• Persistent Volume Claim(default): A default StorageClass is needed in the Kubernetes cluster to dynamically provision the volumes. Specify another StorageClass in the storageClass or set existingClaim if you have already existing persistent volumes to use.

Configure authentication

• By default, the authentication is a Single-User authentication. You can optionally enable ldap or oidc to provide an external authentication. See the configuration section or doc folder for more details.

Use custom processors

To add custom processors, the values.yaml file nifi section should contain the following options, where CUSTOM_LIB_FOLDER should be replaced by the path where the libs are:

  extraVolumeMounts:
    - name: mycustomlibs
      mountPath: /opt/configuration_resources/custom_lib
  extraVolumes: # this will create the volume from the directory
    - name: mycustomlibs
      hostPath:
        path: "CUSTOM_LIB_FOLDER"
  properties:
    customLibPath: "/opt/configuration_resources/custom_lib"

Configure prometheus monitoring

• You first need monitoring to be enabled which can be accomplished by enabling the appropriate metrics flag (metrics.prometheus.enabled to true). To enable the creation of prometheus metrics within Nifi we need to create a Reporting Task. Login to the Nifi UI and go to the Hamburger menu on the top right corner, click Controller Settings --> Reporting Tasks After that use the + icon to add a task. Click on the Reporting in the wordcloud on the left and select PrometheusReportingTask --> change Send JVM metrics to true and click on the play button to enable this task.

If you plan to use Grafana for the visualization of the metrics data the following dashboard is compatible with the exposed metrics.

Install the chart

Install the nifi helm chart with a release name my-release:

helm install my-release cetic/nifi

Install from local clone

You will find how to perform an installation from a local clone on this page.

Uninstallation

To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:

helm uninstall my-release

Configuration

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the nifi chart and the default values.

Parameter	Description	Default
ReplicaCount
replicaCount	Number of nifi nodes	1
Image
image.repository	nifi Image name	apache/nifi
image.tag	nifi Image tag	1.16.3
image.pullPolicy	nifi Image pull policy	IfNotPresent
image.pullSecret	nifi Image pull secret	nil
SecurityContext
securityContext.runAsUser	nifi Docker User	1000
securityContext.fsGroup	nifi Docker Group	1000
sts
sts.useHostNetwork	If true, use the host's network	nil
sts.serviceAccount.create	If true, a service account will be created and used by the statefulset	false
sts.serviceAccount.name	When set, the set name will be used as the service account name. If a value is not provided a name will be generated based on Chart options	nil
sts.serviceAccount.annotations	Service account annotations	{}
sts.podManagementPolicy	Parallel podManagementPolicy	Parallel
sts.AntiAffinity	Affinity for pod assignment	soft
sts.pod.annotations	Pod template annotations	security.alpha.kubernetes.io/sysctls: net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=10000 65000
sts.hostAliases	Add entries to Pod /etc/hosts	[]
sts.startupProbe.enabled	enable Startup Probe on Nifi server container	false
sts.startupProbe.failureThreshold	sets Startup Probe failureThreshold field value	60
sts.startupProbe.periodSeconds	sets Startup Probe periodSeconds field value	10
secrets
secrets	Pass any secrets to the nifi pods. The secret can also be mounted to a specific path if required.	nil
configmaps
configmaps	Pass any configmaps to the nifi pods. The configmap can also be mounted to a specific path if required.	nil
nifi properties
properties.algorithm	Encryption method	NIFI_PBKDF2_AES_GCM_256
properties.sensitiveKey	Encryption password (at least 12 characters)	changeMechangeMe
properties.sensitiveKeySetFile	Update Sensitive Properties Key if this file does not exist, and then create it.	nil
properties.sensitiveKeyPrior	Prior sensitiveKey when updating via sensitiveKeySetFile mechanism	nil
properties.externalSecure	externalSecure for when inbound SSL	false
properties.isNode	cluster node properties (only configure for cluster nodes)	false
properties.httpPort	web properties HTTP port	8080
properties.httpsPort	web properties HTTPS port	null
properties.clusterPort	cluster node port	6007
properties.provenanceStorage	nifi provenance repository max storage size	8 GB
properties.provenanceMaxStorageTime	nifi provenance repository max storage time	10 days
properties.siteToSite.secure	Site to Site properties Secure mode	false
properties.siteToSite.port	Site to Site properties Secure port	10000
properties.safetyValve	Map of explicit 'property: value' pairs that overwrite other configuration	nil
properties.customLibPath	Path of the custom libraries folder	nil
properties.webProxyHost	Proxy to access to Nifi through the cluster ip address	Port:30236
Authentication
Single-user authentication	Automatically disabled if Client Certificate, OIDC, or LDAP enabled
auth. admin	Default admin identity. It will overwrite the LDAP Bind DN for this purpose, when both is filled	CN=admin, OU=NIFI
auth.singleUser.username	Single user identity	username
auth.singleUser.password	Single user password	changemechangeme
Client Certificate authentication
auth.clientAuth.enabled	Enable User auth via Client Certificates	false
Ldap authentication
auth.ldap.admin	Default admin identity and LDAP Bind DN
auth.ldap.enabled	Enable User auth via ldap	false
auth.ldap.host	ldap hostname	ldap://<hostname>:<port>
auth.ldap.searchBase	ldap searchBase	CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com
auth.ldap.searchFilter	ldap searchFilter	CN=john
auth.ldap.userSearchScope	ldap userSearchScope	ONE_LEVEL
auth.ldap.groupSearchScope	ldap groupSearchScope	ONE_LEVEL
Oidc authentication
auth.oidc.enabled	Enable User auth via oidc	false
auth.oidc.discoveryUrl	oidc discover url	https://<provider>/.well-known/openid-configuration
auth.oidc.clientId	oidc clientId	nil
auth.oidc.clientSecret	oidc clientSecret	nil
auth.oidc.claimIdentifyingUser	oidc claimIdentifyingUser	email
auth.oidc.admin	Default OIDC admin identity	[email protected]
Note that OIDC authentication to a multi-NiFi-node cluster requires Ingress sticky sessions	See background	Also how
postStart
postStart	Include additional libraries in the Nifi containers by using the postStart handler	nil
Headless Service
headless.type	Type of the headless service for nifi	ClusterIP
headless.annotations	Headless Service annotations	service.alpha.kubernetes.io/tolerate-unready-endpoints: "true"
UI Service
service.type	Type of the UI service for nifi	NodePort
service.httpPort	Port to expose service	8080
service.httpsPort	Port to expose service in tls	443
service.annotations	Service annotations	{}
service.loadBalancerIP	LoadBalancerIP if service type is LoadBalancer	nil
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges	Address that are allowed when svc is LoadBalancer	[]
service.processors.enabled	Enables additional port/ports to nifi service for internal processors	false
service.processors.ports	Specify "name/port/targetPort/nodePort" for processors sockets	[]
ContainerPorts
containerPorts	Additional containerPorts for the nifi-container. Example is given in values.yaml	[]
Ingress
ingress.enabled	Enables Ingress	false
ingress.className	Ingress controller Class	nginx
ingress.annotations	Ingress annotations	{}
ingress.path	Path to access frontend (See issue #22)	/
ingress.hosts	Ingress hosts	[]
ingress.tls	Ingress TLS configuration	[]
Persistence
persistence.enabled	Use persistent volume to store data	false
persistence.storageClass	Storage class name of PVCs (use the default type if unset)	nil
persistence.accessMode	ReadWriteOnce or ReadOnly	[ReadWriteOnce]
persistence.configStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	100Mi
persistence.authconfStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	100Mi
persistence.dataStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	1Gi
persistence.flowfileRepoStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	10Gi
persistence.contentRepoStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	10Gi
persistence.provenanceRepoStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	10Gi
persistence.logStorage.size	Size of persistent volume claim	5Gi
persistence.existingClaim	Use an existing PVC to persist data	nil
jvmMemory
jvmMemory	bootstrap jvm size	2g
SideCar
sidecar.image	Separate image for tailing each log separately and checking zookeeper connectivity	busybox
sidecar.tag	Image tag	1.32.0
sidecar.imagePullPolicy	Image imagePullPolicy	IfNotPresent
Resources
resources	Pod resource requests and limits for logs	{}
logResources
logresources.	Pod resource requests and limits	{}
affinity
affinity	Pod affinity scheduling rules	{}
nodeSelector
nodeSelector	Node labels for pod assignment	{}
terminationGracePeriodSeconds
terminationGracePeriodSeconds	Number of seconds the pod needs to terminate gracefully. For clean scale down of the nifi-cluster the default is set to 60, opposed to k8s-default 30.	60
tolerations
tolerations	Tolerations for pod assignment	[]
initContainers
initContainers	Container definition that will be added to the pod as initContainers	[]
extraVolumes
extraVolumes	Additional Volumes available within the pod (see spec for format)	[]
extraVolumeMounts
extraVolumeMounts	VolumeMounts for the nifi-server container (see spec for details)	[]
env
env	Additional environment variables for the nifi-container (see spec for details)	[]
envFrom	Additional environment variables for the nifi-container from config-maps or secrets (see spec for details)	[]
extraContainers
extraContainers	Additional container-specifications that should run within the pod (see spec for details)	[]
extraLabels
extraLabels	Additional labels for the nifi pod	nil
openshift
openshift.scc.enabled	If true, a openshift security context will be created permitting to run the statefulset as AnyUID	false
openshift.route.enabled	If true, a openshift route will be created. This option cannot be used together with Ingress as a route object replaces the Ingress. The property properties.externalSecure will configure the route in edge termination mode, the default is passthrough. The property properties.httpsPort has to be set if the cluster is intended to work with SSL termination	false
openshift.route.host	The hostname intended to be used in order to access NiFi web interface	nil
openshift.route.path	Path to access frontend, works the same way as the ingress path option	nil
zookeeper
zookeeper.enabled	If true, deploy Zookeeper	true
zookeeper.url	If the Zookeeper Chart is disabled a URL and port are required to connect	nil
zookeeper.port	If the Zookeeper Chart is disabled a URL and port are required to connect	2181
registry
registry.enabled	If true, deploy Nifi Registry	false
registry.url	If the Nifi Registry Chart is disabled a URL and port are required to connect	nil
registry.port	If the Nifi Registry Chart is disabled a URL and port are required to connect	80
ca
ca.enabled	If true, deploy Nifi Toolkit as CA	false
ca.server	CA server dns name	nil
ca.port	CA server port number	9090
ca.token	The token to use to prevent MITM	80
ca.admin.cn	CN for admin certificate	admin
ca.serviceAccount.create	If true, a service account will be created and used by the deployment	false
ca.serviceAccount.name	When set, the set name will be used as the service account name. If a value is not provided a name will be generated based on Chart options	nil
ca.openshift.scc.enabled	If true, an openshift security context will be created permitting to run the deployment as AnyUID	false
certManager
certManager.enabled	If true, use cert-manager to create and rotate intra-NiFi-cluster TLS keys (note that cert-manager is a Kubernetes cluster-wide resource, so is not installed automatically by this chart)	false
certManager.clusterDomain	Kubernetes cluster top level domain, to generate fully qualified domain names for certificate Common Names	cluster.local
certManager.keystorePasswd	Java Key Store password for NiFi keystore	changeme
certManager.truststorePasswd	Java Key Store password for NiFi truststore	changeme
certManager.additionalDnsNames	Additional DNS names to incorporate into TLS certificates (e.g. where users point browsers to access the NiFi UI)	[ localhost ]
certManager.caSecrets	Names of Kubernetes secrets containing ca.crt keys to add to the NiFi truststore	[ ]
certManager.refreshSeconds	How often the sidecar refreshes the NiFi keystore (not truststore) from the cert-manager Kubernetes secrets	300
certManager.resources	Memory and CPU resources for the node certificate refresh sidecar	100m CPU, 128MiB RAM
certManager.replaceDefaultTrustStore	Use the certManager truststore, not the default Java trusted CA collection (for [e.g.] private OIDC provider)	false
certManager.certDuration	NiFi node certificate lifetime (90 days)	2160h
certManager.caDuration	Certificate Authority certificate lifetime (10 years)	87660h
metrics
metrics.prometheus.enabled	Enable prometheus to access nifi metrics endpoint	false
metrics.prometheus.port	Port where Nifi server will expose Prometheus metrics	9092
metrics.prometheus.serviceMonitor.enabled	If true, creates a Prometheus Operator ServiceMonitor (also requires metrics.prometheus.enabled to be true)	false
metrics.prometheus.serviceMonitor.namespace	In which namespace the ServiceMonitor should be created
metrics.prometheus.serviceMonitor.labels	Additional labels for the ServiceMonitor	nil
customFlow
customFlow	Use this file (uncompressed XML; possibly from a configmap) as the Flow definition	nil

Troubleshooting

Before filing a bug report, you may want to:

• check the FAQ
• check that persistent storage is configured on your cluster
• keep in mind that a first installation may take a significant amount of time on a home internet connection
• check if a pod is in error:

kubectl get pod
NAME                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
myrelease-nifi-0             3/4     Failed   1          56m
myrelease-nifi-registry-0    1/1     Running   0          56m
myrelease-nifi-zookeeper-0   1/1     Running   0          56m
myrelease-nifi-zookeeper-1   1/1     Running   0          56m
myrelease-nifi-zookeeper-2   1/1     Running   0          56m

Inspect the pod, check the "Events" section at the end for anything suspicious.

kubectl describe pod myrelease-nifi-0

Get logs on a failed container inside the pod (here the server one):

kubectl logs myrelease-nifi-0 server

Credits

Initially inspired from https://github.com/YolandaMDavis/apache-nifi.

TLS work/inspiration from https://github.com/sushilkm/nifi-chart.git.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute by making a pull request.

Please read the official Helm Contribution Guide from Helm for more information on how you can contribute to this Chart.

License

Apache License 2.0