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HDF apache nifi best practice

cokorda_putra — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:32:55 GMT

Hi all,

can anybody share what is the best practice to install HDF

it is install inside HDP or on standalone server ?

if HDF install on standalone server, how to connect to hdfs on the HDP cluster?

Re: HDF apache nifi best practice

nsabharwal — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:30:07 GMT

@cokorda putra susila

See this https://community.hortonworks.com/content/kbentry/7882/hdfnifi-best-practices-for-setting-up-a-high-perfo.html

Re: HDF apache nifi best practice

MattWho — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 00:53:27 GMT

HDF has processor for connecting to HDFS (listHDFS, fetchHDFS, GetHDFSSequenceFile, putHDFS and getHDFS)

Re: HDF apache nifi best practice

cokorda_putra — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:45:22 GMT

hi mclark,

thanks, but what should i do if i try to connect to remote HDFS?

do i need to install hadoop in my HDF server, to get hadoop file system configurtaion?

Re: HDF apache nifi best practice

cokorda_putra — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:45:39 GMT

thanks @Neeraj Sabharwal

Re: HDF apache nifi best practice

aervits — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 01:47:02 GMT

provide core-site.xml and hdfs-site.xml for the remote cluster @cokorda putra susila

Re: HDF apache nifi best practice

MattWho — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:27:19 GMT

@cokorda putra susila NiFi already includes the HDFS core libraries. So no need to install Hadoop on the NiFi server. Just need to the config files (i.e - core-site.xml) as Artem suggests.