NiFi Toolkit - CLI - For NiFi 1.10
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Published: 2019-11-27 17:08:28

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title: NiFi Toolkit - CLI - For NiFi 1.10
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## [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVlX8mGvg6c/XdRUFVsS5qI/AAAAAAAAY08/61o2ffbUy0oBRGtaZobQiCWQ9jzqZdpWACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/nifiascii.png)](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVlX8mGvg6c/XdRUFVsS5qI/AAAAAAAAY08/61o2ffbUy0oBRGtaZobQiCWQ9jzqZdpWACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/nifiascii.png)

## NiFi Toolkit - CLI - For NiFi 1.10

Along with the updated Apache NiFi server, the NiFi 1.10 release also updated the Command Line Interface with some updated and new features.   Let's check them out.
  
**Cool Tools**  
  
S2S.sh - send data to Apache NiFi via the CLI.  
  
Formatted as such:  
[{"attributes":{"key":"value"},"data":"stuff"}]  
  
**Examples**  
  
registry import-flow-version  
  
  
**Get Into Interactive Mode**  
  
**./cli.sh**  
  
[![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaU0kaxH-rM/XdRUFcXev3I/AAAAAAAAY1E/lRT7DIoGJ_8YPYZ0VO83A6-JEYo-EFB5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/nificli.png)](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaU0kaxH-rM/XdRUFcXev3I/AAAAAAAAY1E/lRT7DIoGJ_8YPYZ0VO83A6-JEYo-EFB5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/nificli.png)  
  
  
**Get Parameter Contexts (simple or json format)**  
  
** nifi list-param-contexts** -u http://localhost:8080 -ot simple  
  
[![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LCTzvPSdWXQ/XdRUFRkLVZI/AAAAAAAAY1A/efYaazpEZs48Q2F42WT-qbIKTt4hsFVygCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/listparmcontexts.png)](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LCTzvPSdWXQ/XdRUFRkLVZI/AAAAAAAAY1A/efYaazpEZs48Q2F42WT-qbIKTt4hsFVygCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/listparmcontexts.png)  
  
**Export Parameter Context**  
  
nifi export-param-context -u http://localhost:8080 -verbose --paramContextId 8067d863-016e-1000-f0f7-265210d3e7dc    
  
[![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GlB1F5caLc/XdRUGGjB9AI/AAAAAAAAY1I/RYAhkbjYWeAJvGclYadcKg7O76Il79CGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/nifiparmcontext.png)](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GlB1F5caLc/XdRUGGjB9AI/AAAAAAAAY1I/RYAhkbjYWeAJvGclYadcKg7O76Il79CGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/nifiparmcontext.png)  
  
  
**Get Services**  
  
 nifi get-services -u http://localhost:8080  
  
  
**NiFi Dump**  
  
**../bin/nifi.sh dump filedump.txt**  
  
NiFi home: /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0  
  
Bootstrap Config File: /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/conf/bootstrap.conf  
  
2019-11-18 17:08:04,921 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command Successfully wrote thread dump to /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/filedump.txt  
  
**NiFi Diagnostics**  
  
**../bin/nifi.sh diagnostics diag.txt**  
  
Java home:  
NiFi home: /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0  
  
Bootstrap Config File: /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/conf/bootstrap.conf  
  
2019-11-18 17:11:09,844 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command Successfully wrote diagnostics information to /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/diag.txt  
  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,041 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command gopherProxySet = false  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command awt.toolkit = sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.specification.version = 11  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.cpu.isalist =  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.jnu.encoding = UTF-8  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.class.path = /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./conf:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/slf4j-api-1.7.26.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/stanford-english-corenlp-2018-02-27-models.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/jcl-over-slf4j-1.7.26.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/logback-classic-1.2.3.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/nifi-properties-1.10.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/nifi-nar-utils-1.10.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/nifi-api-1.10.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/nifi-framework-api-1.10.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/jul-to-slf4j-1.7.26.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/logback-core-1.2.3.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/log4j-over-slf4j-1.7.26.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/nifi-runtime-1.10.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/java11/javax.annotation-api-1.3.2.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/java11/jaxb-core-2.3.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/java11/javax.activation-api-1.2.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/java11/jaxb-impl-2.3.0.jar:/Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./lib/java11/jaxb-api-2.3.0.jar  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.vendor = Amazon.com Inc.  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,042 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command javax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.arch.data.model = 64  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.font.fontmanager = sun.font.CFontManager  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vendor.url = https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command user.timezone = America/New\_York  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.config.log.dir = /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/logs  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command os.name = Mac OS X  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.specification.version = 11  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command nifi.properties.file.path = /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0/./conf/nifi.properties  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.java.launcher = SUN\_STANDARD  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command user.country = US  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.boot.library.path = /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-11.jdk/Contents/Home/lib  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command app = NiFi  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.java.command = org.apache.nifi.NiFi  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command jdk.debug = release  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command org.apache.jasper.compiler.disablejsr199 = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.cpu.endian = little  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,043 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command user.home = /Users/tspann  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command user.language = en  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.version.date = 2019-07-16  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.home = /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-11.jdk/Contents/Home  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command file.separator = /  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.compressedOopsMode = Zero based  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command line.separator =  
  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.specification.name = Java Platform API Specification  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,044 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,050 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory:http://saxon.sf.net/jaxp/xpath/om = net.sf.saxon.xpath.XPathFactoryImpl  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,050 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.awt.graphicsenv = sun.awt.CGraphicsEnvironment  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.awt.headless = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.protocol.handler.pkgs = sun.net.www.protocol  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.management.compiler = HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.runtime.version = 11.0.4+11-LTS  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command user.name = tspann  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.net.preferIPv4Stack = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command path.separator = :  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.security.egd = file:/dev/urandom  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command org.jruby.embed.localvariable.behavior = persistent  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command os.version = 10.14.6  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.runtime.name = OpenJDK Runtime Environment  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,051 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command file.encoding = UTF-8  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.net.http.allowRestrictedHeaders = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command jnidispatch.path = /var/folders/t5/xz5j50wx2rl8kd3021lkbn800000gn/T/jna--864347536/jna3349001211756681540.tmp  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.name = OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command jna.platform.library.path = /usr/lib:/usr/lib  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vendor.version = Corretto-11.0.4.11.1  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command jna.loaded = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vendor.url.bug = https://github.com/corretto/corretto-11/issues/  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command jetty.git.hash = afcf563148970e98786327af5e07c261fda175d3  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.io.tmpdir = /var/folders/t5/xz5j50wx2rl8kd3021lkbn800000gn/T/  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.version = 11.0.4  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command user.dir = /Users/tspann/Documents/nifi-1.10.0  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command os.arch = x86\_64  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command nifi.bootstrap.listen.port = 55105  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.specification.name = Java Virtual Machine Specification  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,052 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.awt.printerjob = sun.lwawt.macosx.CPrinterJob  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.os.patch.level = unknown  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command bridj.quiet = true  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.library.path = /Users/tspann/Library/Java/Extensions:/Library/Java/Extensions:/Network/Library/Java/Extensions:/System/Library/Java/Extensions:/usr/lib/java:.  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vendor = Amazon.com Inc.  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.info = mixed mode  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.vm.version = 11.0.4+11-LTS  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command sun.io.unicode.encoding = UnicodeBig  
2019-11-18 17:11:10,053 INFO [main] org.apache.nifi.bootstrap.Command java.class.version = 55.0  

  

  
**Resources**  
  

- [https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/toolkit-guide.html#nifi\_CLI](https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/toolkit-guide.html#nifi_CLI)
- [https://github.com/aperepel/nifi-workshop-2019](https://github.com/aperepel/nifi-workshop-2019)
- https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/toolkit-guide.html#file-manager