DOPS-242: Ingesting with Cloudera DataFlow
Duration: 4 Days (32 Hours)
DOPS-242: Ingesting with Cloudera DataFlow Course Overview:
In the context of a data-centric organization, effective management of data ingestion and flow within intricate ecosystems holds paramount importance. Is your team equipped with the requisite tools and expertise for this mission?
Enter Apache NiFi — a pivotal solution, and the core focus of this comprehensive four-day course. This training imparts the foundational principles and practical exposure needed to automate the entire lifecycle of data, encompassing its ingress, flow, transformation, and egress, all accomplished through NiFi. Furthermore, the curriculum delves into fine-tuning, troubleshooting, and monitoring intricacies inherent to the dataflow process. Notably, the course extends to integrating a dataflow within the Cloudera CDP Hybrid ecosystem and external systems, ensuring a holistic understanding of seamless data management.
Intended Audience:
- This course is designed for developers, data engineers, administrators, and others with an interest in learning NiFi’s innovative no-code, graphical approach to data ingest.
Learning Objectives of DOPS-242: Ingesting with Cloudera DataFlow:
During this course, you learn how to:
- Define, configure, organize, and manage dataflows
- Transform and trace data as it flows to its destination
- Track changes to dataflows with NiFi Registry
- Use the NiFi Expression Language to control dataflows
- Optimize dataflows for better performance and maintainability
- Connect dataflows with other systems, such as Apache Kafka, Apache Hive, and HDFS
- Utilize the Data Flow Service
Introduction to Cloudera Flow Management
- Overview of Cloudera Data-in-Motion
- The NiFi User Interface
- DataFlow Catalog
- ReadyFlows
- Instructor-Led Demo: NiFi User Interface
- Hands-On Exercise: Build Your First Dataflow
Processors
- Overview of Processors
- Processor Surface Panel
- Processor Configuration
- Hands-On Exercise: Start Building a Dataflow Using Processors
Connections
- Overview of Connections
- Connection Configuration
- Connector Context Menu
- Hands-On Exercise: Connect Processors in a Dataflow
Dataflows
- Command and Control of a Dataflow
- Processor Relationships
- Back Pressure
- Prioritizers
- Labels
- Hands-On Exercise: Build a More Complex Dataflow
- Hands-On Exercise: Creating a Fork Using Relationships
- Hands-On Exercise: Set Back Pressure Thresholds
Process Groups
- Anatomy of Process Group
- Input and Output Ports
- Hands-On Exercise: Simplify Dataflows Using Process Groups
FlowFile Provenance
- Data Provenance Events
- FlowFile Lineage
- Replaying a FlowFile
- Hands-On Exercise: Using Data Provenance
Reading and Writing Record Data
- Querying Record Data
- QueryRecord Processor
- Writing Record Data
- Hands-On Exercise: TBD (Creating a function to read and write data?)
Enriching Record Data
- ETL Operations
- Split and Join Processor
- Update Record Processors
- Wait and Notify Processors
NiFi Architecture Overview
- NiFi Architecture Overview
- Public Cloud Architecture
- Private Cloud Architecture
DataFlow Functions
- Overview
- Serverless functions
- Demo: Deploying a Flow Definition as a Function
Parameters
- Parameter Contexts
- Referencing Parameters
- Managing Parameters
- Migrating from Variables
- Hands-On Exercise: Creating, Using, and Managing Parameters
Flow Definitions and Templates
- Flow Definition Overview
- Creating a Flow Definition
- Importing and Deploying a Flow
- Using (migrating from) Templates
- Hands-On Exercise: Creating, Using, and Managing Flow Definitions
Apache NiFi Registry
- Apache NiFi Registry Overview
- Using the Registry
- Hands-On Exercise: Versioning Flows Using NiFi Registry
FlowFile Attributes
- FlowFile Attribute Overview
- Routing on Attributes
- Hands-On Exercise: Working with FlowFile Attributes
NiFi Expression Language
- NiFi Expression Language Overview
- Syntax
- Expression Language Editor
- Setting Conditional Values
- Hands-On Exercise: Using the NiFi Expression Language
Controller Services
- Controller Services Overview
- Common Controller Services
- Hands-On Exercise: Adding Apache Hive Controller
Record-based Components
- Record-oriented data
- Record-based Processors
- Avro Schema Registry
- Schema Format
Dataflow Optimization
- Dataflow Optimization
- Control Rate
- Managing Compute
- Hands-On Exercise: Building an Optimized Dataflow
Monitoring, Reporting, and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring from NiFi
- Reporting
- Examples of Common Reporting Tasks
- Hands-On Exercise: Monitoring and Reporting
NiFi Security
- NiFi Security Overview
- Securing Access to the NiFi UI
- Metadata Management
Integrating NiFi
- NiFi Integration Architecture
- Available ReadyFlows
- A Closer Look at NiFi and Apache Hive
DOPS-242: Ingesting with Cloudera DataFlow Course Prerequisites
- Although programming experience is not required, basic experience with Linux is presumed, and previous exposure to big data concepts and applications is helpful.
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