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Paul Crickard
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Paul Crickard

Paul Crickard authored a book on the Leaflet JavaScript module. He has been programming for over 15 years and has focused on GIS and geospatial programming for 7 years. He spent 3 years working as a planner at an architecture firm, where he combined GIS with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and CAD. Currently, he is the CIO at the 2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office in New Mexico.
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Setting up MiNiFi

Apache MiNiFi is a lightweight version of NiFi, to be used in data collection at the source. Increasingly, the source has become smaller IoT devices, sensors, and low-powered computers such as the Raspberry Pi. To incorporate these devices into your data pipelines, you need a way to get the data off the device. MiNiFi allows you to stream the data to NiFi as part of a standard data pipeline.

To get the MiNiFi binary, browse to https://nifi.apache.org/minifi/. The following screenshot is of the MiNiFi home page and will provide you with information and documentation for the project:

Figure 15.1 – The Apache MiNiFi home page

From the main navigation bar, go to Downloads and select the Download MiNiFi Components option. You will need to decide whether you want to run the MiNiFi Java or MiNiFi C++ version. Which version is appropriate will depend on the specifications of the device where MiNiFi will live. If you need the smallest footprint...

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Paul Crickard

Paul Crickard authored a book on the Leaflet JavaScript module. He has been programming for over 15 years and has focused on GIS and geospatial programming for 7 years. He spent 3 years working as a planner at an architecture firm, where he combined GIS with Building Information Modeling (BIM) and CAD. Currently, he is the CIO at the 2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office in New Mexico.
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