# IngestNiFiUsername

The user name to use to authenticate with the NiFi instance.

TIP: The user must have the "receive data via site-to-site" permission on the input port specified by IngestNiFiInputPort. To configure this, open the NiFi user interface in your web browser, right-click the input port, and click Manage access policies.

Micro Focus recommends encrypting the value of this parameter before entering it into the configuration file. For information about how to encrypt parameter values, refer to the Confluence REST Connector Administration Guide.

For information about how to configure authentication in NiFi, refer to the Apache NiFi documentation.

Type: | String (can be encrypted)
Default: |
Required: | No
Configuration Section: | TaskName or Ingestion
Example: | `IngestNiFiUsername=user`
See Also: | IngestNiFiPassword

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