Here is a tutorial on how to use NiFi 1.0.0's zero-master clustering that uses Zookeeper so that there is never an issue of a cluster dying because of one master node going down.
Look at containerizing a Spring Data Cassandra Application. More specifically, how to put a Spring application that connects to a Cassandra database into containers.
Want to learn more about adding authentication to your HTTP-triggered Azure Functions? Check out this post to learn more about how to add authentication.