Command Line Installation
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Starting NiFi

Once you have downloaded and installed HDF, you can start it by using the mechanism appropriate for your operating system.

If you are running NiFi on a Linux or Mac OSX operating system, you can start NiFi to run in the foreground, background, or as a service.

Launching NiFi in the foreground:

  1. From a terminal windows, navigate to the NiFi installation directory.

  2. Enter:

    bin/nifi.sh run

Launching NiFi in the background:

  1. From a terminal window, navigate to the NiFi installation directory.

  2. Enter:

    bin/nifi.sh start

Launching NiFi as a service:

  1. From a terminal window, enter:

    sudo service nifi start