diff --git a/deploy/nifi.env b/deploy/nifi.env
index 35826b8d..14c47c81 100644
--- a/deploy/nifi.env
+++ b/deploy/nifi.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ NIFI_ENV_FILE="./nifi.env"
 NIFI_SECURITY_DIR="../security/certificates/nifi/"
 NIFI_DATA_PATH="../data/"
 
-NIFI_VERSION="2.6.0"
+NIFI_VERSION="2.7.0"
 NIFI_TOOLKIT_VERSION=$NIFI_VERSION
 
 NIFI_SHM_SIZE="1g"
diff --git a/deploy/services-dev.yml b/deploy/services-dev.yml
index 24d944bd..cc4fa896 100644
--- a/deploy/services-dev.yml
+++ b/deploy/services-dev.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ services:
       - cognet
 
   nifi-registry-flow:
-    image: apache/nifi-registry:${NIFI_REGISTRY_VERSION:-2.6.0}
+    image: apache/nifi-registry:${NIFI_REGISTRY_VERSION:-2.7.0}
     hostname: nifi-registry
     container_name: cogstack-nifi-registry-flow
     restart: always
diff --git a/deploy/services.yml b/deploy/services.yml
index 362308a5..50902023 100644
--- a/deploy/services.yml
+++ b/deploy/services.yml
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ services:
  
   nifi-registry-flow:
     <<: *nifi-common
-    image: apache/nifi-registry:${NIFI_REGISTRY_VERSION:-2.6.0}
+    image: apache/nifi-registry:${NIFI_REGISTRY_VERSION:-2.7.0}
     hostname: nifi-registry
     container_name: cogstack-nifi-registry-flow
     shm_size: ${NIFI_REGISTRY_SHM_SIZE:-"1g"}
diff --git a/nifi/Dockerfile b/nifi/Dockerfile
index 35aa3f2d..ebd15868 100644
--- a/nifi/Dockerfile
+++ b/nifi/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG NIFI_VERSION=2.6.0
+ARG NIFI_VERSION=2.7.0
 
 FROM apache/nifi:${NIFI_VERSION}
 
diff --git a/scripts/installation_utils/install_docker_and_utils.sh b/scripts/installation_utils/install_docker_and_utils.sh
index 97e0491b..e3a7483f 100644
--- a/scripts/installation_utils/install_docker_and_utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/installation_utils/install_docker_and_utils.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ then
     curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
     sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
 
+    echo "Installing Azure CLI..."
+    curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
+
     echo \
     "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
     "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
@@ -67,6 +70,10 @@ then
 
     # install necessary prerequisites
     sudo yum install -y jq yum-utils wget curl git device-mapper-persistent-data lvm2 python3 python3-pip libffi-devel openssl-devel zip unzip tar nano gcc gcc-c++ make python3-devel libevent-devel
+
+    echo "Installing Azure CLI..."
+    sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft-2025.asc
+    sudo dnf install azure-cli
     
     sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
     sudo yum-config-manager --enable docker-ce-stable
diff --git a/services/nginx/config/nginx.conf b/services/nginx/config/nginx.conf
index 486d7032..cb20836a 100644
--- a/services/nginx/config/nginx.conf
+++ b/services/nginx/config/nginx.conf
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ http {
       #      proxy_pass https://nifi$1;
       #  }
 
-       location ^~ /nifi-standard-content-viewer-2.6.0/ {
+       location ^~ /nifi-standard-content-viewer-2.7.0/ {
           proxy_set_header Host nifi;
           proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
           proxy_set_header X-ProxyHost $host;
           proxy_set_header X-ProxyPort 8443;
           proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
           proxy_set_header X-ProxyScheme $scheme;
-          proxy_pass https://nifi/nifi-standard-content-viewer-2.6.0/;
+          proxy_pass https://nifi/nifi-standard-content-viewer-2.7.0/;
         }    
     }
 }