anchor.diff:  [[Connecting_Components]]
   === Connecting Components
   
  -Once processors and other components have been added to the graph and configured, the next step is to connect them
  +Once processors and other components have been added to the canvas and configured, the next step is to connect them
   to one another so that NiFi knows what to do with each FlowFile after it has been processed. This is accomplished by creating a
   Connection between each component. When the user hovers the mouse over the center of a component, a new Connection icon (
   image:addConnect.png["Connection Bubble"]
  
positive.code: link:administration-guide.html[Admin Guide].
  
  In order to allow another NiFi instance to push data to your local instance, you can simply drag an <<input_port,Input Port>> onto the Root Process Group
  of your graph. After entering a name for the port, it will be added to your flow. You can now right-click on the Input Port and choose Configure in order
  to adjust the name and the number of concurrent tasks that are used for the port. If Site-to-Site is configured to run securely, you will also be given
  the ability to adjust who has access to the port. If secure, only those who have been granted access to communicate with the port will be able to see
  that the port exists.
  
negative.code: - *Upstream connections*: This option allows the user to see and "jump to" upstream connections that are coming into the Process Group.
  - *Downstream connections*: This option allows the user to see and "jump to" downstream connections that are going out of the Process Group.
  - *Center in view*: This option centers the view of the canvas on the given Process Group.
  - *Copy*: This option places a copy of the selected Process Group on the clipboard, so that it may be pasted elsewhere on the canvas by right-clicking on the canvas and selecting Paste. The Copy/Paste actions also may be done using the keystrokes Ctrl-C (Command-C) and Ctrl-V (Command-V).
  - *Delete*: This option allows the DFM to delete a Process Group.
  
  
  