Version 1.4.0

Version 1.4.0 of Apache NiFi is a feature and stability release focusing on key bug fixes and new record based processors and controller services.

Release Date: TBD

Highlights of the 1.4.0 release include:

• Core Framework
  • OpenId Connect support for authenticating users
  • DistributedMapCacheClients and StateProviders can now use Redis
  • Can now use Apache Ranger to authorize groups and see Ranger policies in NiFi
  • Added support for LDAP-based user and group authorization
  • Added support for combining multiple user and group authorization providers in a chain* Added support for X-Forwarded-* headers
  • NiFi now honors the "nifi.content.claim.max.appendable.size" property
• New or Improved Processors, Controller Services, and Reporting Tasks
  • Added Processors for interacting with Kafka 0.11.x supporting transactions and message headers
  • New processors for working with RethinkDB
  • New processors for sending data to Apache Kudu
  • gRPC client and server processors
  • New record-based processors: MergeRecord, ValidateRecord, ListenTCPRecord, PutHBaseRecord
  • Integration with Schema Registry for Kafka
• UI/UX
  • Added support for Variable Registry at the Process Group level
  • Users can now double-click on a processor to display its configuration
  • When performing a Queue Listing, the UI will now indicate if the FlowFile has no content
  • Provenance repository storage usage is now displayed in the Systems Diagnostics dialog

A full list of issues that were resolved can be found at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12316020&version=12340589

Version 1.3.0

Version 1.3.0 of Apache NiFi is a feature and stability release focusing on key bug fixes and new record based processors and controller services.

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