I am new to Apache NiFi. From the documentation, I could understand that NiFi is a framework with a drag and drop UI that helps to build data pipelines. This NiFi flow can be exported into a template which is then saved in Git.
Are we supposed to import this template into production NiFi server? Once imported, are we supposed to manually start all the processors via the UI? Please help.
Templates are just example flows to share with people and are not really meant for deployment. Please take a look at NiFi Registry and the concept of versioned flows.
https://nifi.apache.org/registry.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_qhRVChjZY&feature=youtu.be
https://bryanbende.com/development/2018/01/19/apache-nifi-how-do-i-deploy-my-flow