Apache NiFi

Apache NiFi is a <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> project from the <a href="/facts/Apache_Software_Foundation/Xl9Tt9lE">Apache Software Foundation</a> designed to <a href="/facts/Automation/3YlF2K5q">automate</a> the flow of <a href="/facts/Data/AUBFN97o">data</a> between <a href="/facts/Software_system/mglVMfTA">software systems</a>. Leveraging the concept of <a href="/facts/Extract,_transform,_load/WRaRgJL5">extract, transform, load</a> (ETL), it is based on the "NiagaraFiles" software previously developed by the US <a href="/facts/National_Security_Agency/Sg6MGV1o">National Security Agency</a> (NSA), which is also the source of a part of its present name – NiFi. It was <a href="/facts/Open-source_model/uDWVYJ4V">open-sourced</a> as a part of NSA's technology transfer program in 2014.
The software design is based on the <a href="/facts/Flow-based_programming/J4SELXwF">flow-based programming</a> model and offers features which prominently include the ability to operate within <a href="/facts/Computer_cluster/mT7S1BcX">clusters</a>, security using <a href="/facts/Transport_Layer_Security/pGy16TnA">TLS encryption</a>, <a href="/facts/Extensibility/AEPWNwxp">extensibility</a> (users can write their own software to extend its abilities) and improved <a href="/facts/Usability/zuAnqu9Q">usability</a> features like a <a href="/facts/Web_portal/Fj25GpUE">portal</a> which can be used to view and modify behaviour visually.

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Apache NiFi