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ListAzureDataLakeStorage

Description

Lists directory in an Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2 filesystem

Tags

adlsgen2, azure, cloud, datalake, microsoft, storage

Properties

In the list below required Properties are shown with an asterisk (*). Other properties are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, and whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language.

Display NameAPI NameDefault ValueAllowable ValuesDescription
ADLS Credentials *adls-credentials-serviceController Service:
ADLSCredentialsService

Implementations:
ADLSCredentialsControllerServiceLookup
ADLSCredentialsControllerService
Controller Service used to obtain Azure Credentials.
Filesystem Name *filesystem-nameName of the Azure Storage File System (also called Container). It is assumed to be already existing.

Supports Expression Language, using FlowFile attributes and Environment variables.
Directory Name *directory-nameName of the Azure Storage Directory. The Directory Name cannot contain a leading '/'. The root directory can be designated by the empty string value. In case of the PutAzureDataLakeStorage processor, the directory will be created if not already existing.

Supports Expression Language, using FlowFile attributes and Environment variables.
Recurse Subdirectories *recurse-subdirectoriestrue
  • true
  • false
Indicates whether to list files from subdirectories of the directory
File Filterfile-filterOnly files whose names match the given regular expression will be listed

Supports Expression Language, using Environment variables.
Path Filterpath-filterWhen 'Recurse Subdirectories' is true, then only subdirectories whose paths match the given regular expression will be scanned

Supports Expression Language, using Environment variables.
Include Temporary Files *include-temporary-filesfalse
  • true
  • false
Whether to include temporary files when listing the contents of configured directory paths.
Record Writerrecord-writerController Service:
RecordSetWriterFactory

Implementations:
AvroRecordSetWriter
CSVRecordSetWriter
FreeFormTextRecordSetWriter
JsonRecordSetWriter
RecordSetWriterLookup
ScriptedRecordSetWriter
XMLRecordSetWriter
Specifies the Record Writer to use for creating the listing. If not specified, one FlowFile will be created for each entity that is listed. If the Record Writer is specified, all entities will be written to a single FlowFile instead of adding attributes to individual FlowFiles.
Listing Strategy *listing-strategyTracking Timestamps
  • Tracking Timestamps
  • Tracking Entities
  • No Tracking
Specify how to determine new/updated entities. See each strategy descriptions for detail.
Entity Tracking State Cacheet-state-cacheController Service:
DistributedMapCacheClient

Implementations:
HazelcastMapCacheClient
MapCacheClientService
RedisDistributedMapCacheClientService
SimpleRedisDistributedMapCacheClientService
Listed entities are stored in the specified cache storage so that this processor can resume listing across NiFi restart or in case of primary node change. 'Tracking Entities' strategy require tracking information of all listed entities within the last 'Tracking Time Window'. To support large number of entities, the strategy uses DistributedMapCache instead of managed state. Cache key format is 'ListedEntities::{processorId}(::{nodeId})'. If it tracks per node listed entities, then the optional '::{nodeId}' part is added to manage state separately. E.g. cluster wide cache key = 'ListedEntities::8dda2321-0164-1000-50fa-3042fe7d6a7b', per node cache key = 'ListedEntities::8dda2321-0164-1000-50fa-3042fe7d6a7b::nifi-node3' The stored cache content is Gzipped JSON string. The cache key will be deleted when target listing configuration is changed. Used by 'Tracking Entities' strategy.
Entity Tracking Time Windowet-time-window3 hoursSpecify how long this processor should track already-listed entities. 'Tracking Entities' strategy can pick any entity whose timestamp is inside the specified time window. For example, if set to '30 minutes', any entity having timestamp in recent 30 minutes will be the listing target when this processor runs. A listed entity is considered 'new/updated' and a FlowFile is emitted if one of following condition meets: 1. does not exist in the already-listed entities, 2. has newer timestamp than the cached entity, 3. has different size than the cached entity. If a cached entity's timestamp becomes older than specified time window, that entity will be removed from the cached already-listed entities. Used by 'Tracking Entities' strategy.

Supports Expression Language, using Environment variables.
Entity Tracking Initial Listing Targetet-initial-listing-targetAll Available
  • Tracking Time Window
  • All Available
Specify how initial listing should be handled. Used by 'Tracking Entities' strategy.
Minimum File Age *Minimum File Age0 secThe minimum age that a file must be in order to be pulled; any file younger than this amount of time (according to last modification date) will be ignored
Maximum File AgeMaximum File AgeThe maximum age that a file must be in order to be pulled; any file older than this amount of time (according to last modification date) will be ignored
Minimum File Size *Minimum File Size0 BThe minimum size that a file must be in order to be pulled
Maximum File SizeMaximum File SizeThe maximum size that a file can be in order to be pulled
Proxy Configuration Serviceproxy-configuration-serviceController Service:
ProxyConfigurationService

Implementations:
StandardProxyConfigurationService
Specifies the Proxy Configuration Controller Service to proxy network requests. Supported proxies: SOCKS, HTTP In case of SOCKS, it is not guaranteed that the selected SOCKS Version will be used by the processor.

Dynamic Properties

This component does not support dynamic properties.

Relationships

NameDescription
successAll FlowFiles that are received are routed to success

Reads Attributes

This processor does not read attributes.

Writes Attributes

NameDescription
azure.directoryThe name of the Azure Directory
azure.etagThe ETag of the Azure File
azure.filePathThe full path of the Azure File
azure.filenameThe name of the Azure File
azure.filesystemThe name of the Azure File System
azure.lastModifiedThe last modification time of the Azure File
azure.lengthThe length of the Azure File

State Management

ScopeDescription
CLUSTERAfter performing a listing of files, the timestamp of the newest file is stored. This allows the Processor to list only files that have been added or modified after this date the next time that the Processor is run. State is stored across the cluster so that this Processor can be run on Primary Node only and if a new Primary Node is selected, the new node can pick up where the previous node left off, without duplicating the data.

Restricted

This component is not restricted.

Input Requirement

This component does not allow an incoming relationship.

System Resource Considerations

This component does not specify system resource considerations.

See Also

DeleteAzureDataLakeStorage, FetchAzureDataLakeStorage, PutAzureDataLakeStorage