Using the NiFi Interface
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Accessing the UI with Multi-Tenant Authorization

Multi-tenant authorization enables multiple groups of users (tenants) to command, control, and observe different parts of the dataflow, with varying levels of authorization. When an authenticated user attempts to view or modify a NiFi resource, the system checks whether the user has privileges to perform that action. These privileges are defined by policies that you can apply system wide or to individual components. What this means from a Dataflow Manager perspective is that once you have access to the NiFi canvas, a range of functionality is visible and available to you, depending on the privileges assigned to you.

The available global access policies are:

Policy Privilege

view the UI

Allows users to view the UI

access the controller

Allows users to view and modify the controller including reporting tasks, Controller Services, and nodes in the cluster

query provenance

Allows users to submit a provenance search and request even lineage

access restricted components

Allows users to create/modify restricted components assuming other permissions are sufficient. The restricted components may indicate which specific permissions are required. Permissions can be granted for specific restrictions or be granted regardless of restrictions. If permission is granted regardless of restrictions, the user can create/modify all restricted components.

access all policies

Allows users to view and modify the policies for all components

access users/groups

Allows users view and modify the users and user groups

retrieve site-to-site details

Allows other NiFi instances to retrieve Site-To-Site details

view system diagnostics

Allows users to view System Diagnostics

proxy user requests

Allows proxy machines to send requests on the behalf of others

access counters

Allows users to view and modify counters

The available component-level access policies are:

Policy Privilege

view the component

Allows users to view component configuration details

modify the component

Allows users to modify component configuration details

view provenance

Allows users to view provenance events generated by this component

view the data

Allows users to view metadata and content for this component in flowfile queues in outbound connections and through provenance events

modify the data

Allows users to empty flowfile queues in outbound connections and submit replays through provenance events

view the policies

Allows users to view the list of users who can view and modify a component

modify the policies

Allows users to modify the list of users who can view and modify a component

retrieve data via site-to-site

Allows a port to receive data from NiFi instances

send data via site-to-site

Allows a port to send data from NiFi instances