Configure an IDOL Connector

This section describes how to configure an IDOL Connector to send data to an Apache NiFi input port.

To configure an IDOL Connector

  1. Open the connector's configuration file in a text editor.
  2. In the [Ingestion] section set the following parameters.

    IngesterType The type of ingestion process. Set this parameter to NiFi.
    IngestHost The host name or IP address of the NiFi instance.
    IngestPort The port of the NiFi instance.
    IngestNiFiInputPort The NiFi input port ID.
    IngestNiFiApiUrl (Optional) The base URL of the NiFi REST API. You only need to set this parameter if you have configured NiFi to use a URL other than the standard (host:port/nifi-api/).
    IngestNiFiUseSSL (Optional) A Boolean parameter that specifies whether to use SSL/TLS when sending documents to NiFi. When this parameter is TRUE you must also set the parameter SSLMethod.
    IngestNiFiStreamFiles (Optional) A Boolean value that specifies whether to stream files (document content) to NiFi. If you set this parameter to FALSE, the connector sends a much smaller amount of data to NiFi, which can increase performance. NiFi processors must then retrieve the files from the connector machine (or the shared path when IngestSharedPath is set).

    For example:

    [Ingestion]
    IngesterType=NiFi
    IngestHost=nifi-host1
    IngestPort=8080
    IngestNiFiInputPort=1639849e-0163-1000-8654-706cd4d6970d
    
    // Set the following parameters only if you have
    // configured SSL for your NiFi instance
    // IngestNiFiUseSSL=TRUE
    // SSLMethod=Negotiate
    
  3. Save and close the configuration file.

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