DevOps: Working with Parameter Contexts in Apache NiFi 1.11.4+
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#  DevOps:  Working with Parameter Contexts in Apache NiFi 1.11.4+

nifi list-param-contexts -u http://localhost:8080 -ot simple

#   Id                                     Name             Description   

-   ------------------------------------   --------------   -----------   

1   3a801ff4-1f73-1836-b59c-b9fbc79ab030   backupregistry                 

2   7184b9f4-0171-1000-4627-967e118f3037   health                         

3   3a801faf-1f87-1836-54ba-3d913fa223ad   retail                         

4   3a801fde-1f73-1836-957b-a9f4d2c9b73d   sensors                        

#> nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080 -verbose --paramContextId 3a801faf-1f87-1836-54ba-3d913fa223ad

{

  "name" : "retail",

  "description" : "",

  "parameters" : [ {

    "parameter" : {

      "name" : "allquery",

      "description" : "",

      "sensitive" : false,

      "value" : "SELECT \* FROM FLOWFILE"

    }

  }, {

    "parameter" : {

      "name" : "allrecordssql",

      "description" : "",

      "sensitive" : false,

      "value" : "SELECT \* FROM FLOWFILE"

    }

  }, {

    "parameter" : {

      "name" : "energytopic",

      "description" : "",

      "sensitive" : false,

      "value" : "energy"

    }

  }, {

    "parameter" : {

      "name" : "importantsql",

      "description" : "",

      "sensitive" : false,

      "value" : "SELECT \* FROM FLOWFILE\nWHERE kernel\_logs like '%SIGKILL%'"

    }

  }, {

    "parameter" : {

      "name" : "itempricetable",

      "description" : "",

      "sensitive" : false,

      "value" : "impala::default.itemprice"

    }

  }, {

    "parameter" : {

      "name" : "itsgettingHotInHere",

      "description" : "",

      "sensitive" : false,

      "value" : "SELECT \* FROM\nFLOWFILE\nWHERE CAST (temp\_f as DOUBLE) > 80\nAND UPPER(location) LIKE '%NJ%'"

    }

  },

  

  You can now move that to another server and import. nifi import-param-context.
  

  

 bin/cli.sh nifi list-param-contexts -u http://localhost:8080 -ot json

  

Use simple for a simple table list.

  

 bin/cli.sh nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080  --paramContextId 3a801ff4-1f73-1836-b59c-b9fbc79ab030 -ot json -o backupregistry.json

  

**Example Shell Script**

  

/Users/tspann/Downloads/nifi-toolkit-1.12.0/bin/cli.sh nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080  --paramContextId a13e3764-134c-16f0-7c35-312b7ee4b182 -ot json -o financial.json

/Users/tspann/Downloads/nifi-toolkit-1.12.0/bin/cli.sh nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080  --paramContextId 7184b9f4-0171-1000-4627-967e118f3037 -ot json -o health.json

/Users/tspann/Downloads/nifi-toolkit-1.12.0/bin/cli.sh nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080  --paramContextId 3a801faf-1f87-1836-54ba-3d913fa223ad -ot json -o retail.json

/Users/tspann/Downloads/nifi-toolkit-1.12.0/bin/cli.sh nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080  --paramContextId 3a801fde-1f73-1836-957b-a9f4d2c9b73d -ot json -o  sensors.json

/Users/tspann/Downloads/nifi-toolkit-1.12.0/bin/cli.sh nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080  --paramContextId 3a801ff4-1f73-1836-b59c-b9fbc79ab030 -ot json -o backupregistry.json