Apache NiFi - Controller Settings

Apache NiFi offers shared services, which can be shared by processors and reporting task is called controller settings. These are like Database connection pool, which can be used by processors accessing same database.

To access the controller settings, use the drop down menu at the right top corner of NiFi UI as shown in the below image.

There are many controller settings offered by Apache NiFi, we will discuss a commonly used one and how we set it up in NiFi.

DBCPConnectionPool

Add the plus sign in the Nifi Settings page after clicking the Controller settings option. Then select the DBCPConnectionPool from the list of controller settings. DBCPConnectionPool will be added in the main NiFi settings page as shown in the below image.

It contains the following information about the controller setting:Name

Type
Bundle
State
Scope
Configure and delete icon

Click on the configure icon and fill the required fields. The fields are listed down in the table below −

S.No.	Field Name	Default value	description
1	Database Connection URL	empty	To specify the connection URL to database.
2	Database Driver Class Name	empty	To specify the driver class name for database like com.mysql.jdbc.Driver for mysql.
3	Max Wait Time	500 millis	To specify time to wait for the data from a connection to database.
4	Max Total Connections	8	To specify the maximum number of allocated connection in database connection pool.

To stop or configure a controller setting, first all the attached NiFi components should be stopped. NiFi also adds scope in controller settings to manage the configuration of it. Therefore, only the ones which shared the same settings will not get impacted and will use the same controller settings.