Chapter 8: Version Control with the NiFi Registry
In the previous chapters, you built several data pipelines, but we have left out a very important component—version control. Any good software developer will almost always set up version control on their project before they start writing any code. Building data pipelines for production is no different. Data engineers use many of the same tools and processes as software engineers. Using version control allows you to make changes without the fear of breaking your data pipeline. You will always be able to roll back changes to previous versions. The NiFi registry also allows you to connect new NiFi instances and have full access to all your existing data pipelines. In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:
- Installing and configuring the NiFi Registry
- Using the Registry in NiFi
- Versioning your data pipelines
- Using git-persistence with the NiFi Registry