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Hello Apache NiFi community,

Thanks for your interest in helping to vote on a release candidate.  First it is a good idea to review http://nifi.apache.org/release-guide.html.  This page provides important background material to understand the mechanics and meaning of a release.  It explains how things like +1, -1, 0, binding, and non binding votes work.  With the above in mind lets dive right into the main steps in reviewing a release candidate of Apache NiFi (note the steps for NiFi Registry, MiNiFi, etc.. may differ).

Please find the associated guidance to help those interested in validating/verifying the release so they can vote.


# Download latest KEYS file:
wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/KEYS

# Import keys file:
gpg --import KEYS

# [optional] Clear out local maven artifact repository

rm -rf ~/.m2/repository/*

# Pull down nifi-1.14.0 source release artifacts for review:

wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/1.14.0/nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip
wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/1.14.0/nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip.asc
wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/1.14.0/nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip.sha256
wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/nifi/1.14.0/nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip.sha512


# Verify the signature
gpg --verify -v nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip.asc

# Verify the hashes (sha256, sha512) match the source and what was provided in the vote email thread
shasum -a 256 nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip
shasum -a 512 nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip

# Unzip nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip

unzip nifi-1.14.0-source-release.zip

# Verify the build works including release audit tool (RAT) checks
cd nifi-1.14.0
mvn -T 1C clean install -Pcontrib-check,include-grpc

# Verify the contents contain a good README, NOTICE, and LICENSE.

# Verify the git commit ID is correct

# Verify the RC was branched off the correct git commit ID

# Look at the resulting convenience binary as found in nifi-assembly/target

# Make sure the README, NOTICE, and LICENSE are present and correct

# Run the resulting convenience binary and make sure it works as expected

# Send a response to the vote thread indicating a +1, 0, -1 based on your findings.

Thank you for your time and effort to validate the release!

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