Hbase installation on ubuntu

Hbase installation on ubuntu

In this tutorial we will see how to install Hbase on ubuntu 16.04 by doing the following steps

Step 1: Before installing Hbase, you need to First ensure that java8 is installed:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Verify that java is correctly installed:

java -version     

Configuring Java Environment

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default  

Step 2: Ensure that you successfully installed hadoop on your machine 

• Check this link if you need to know how to install it. 

Step 3: Download Apache Hbase

• Go to downloads page
• Choose hbase file: hbase-1.2.5-bin.tar.gz

Step 4: Complete the installation process

Move the downloaded file “hbase-1.2.5-bin.tar.gz” to your home (~)

Compress it : 

tar -zxvf hbase-1.2.5-bin.tar.gz

Edit hbase-env.sh using this command lines:

cd /usr/local/hbase/conf

gedit hbase-env.sh

Add this line:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle

Edit hbase-site.xml using this command lines:

cd /usr/local/hbase/conf

gedit hbase-site.xml    

Add this lines:

 <configuration>

        //Here you have to set the path where you want HBase to store its files.

        <property>

           <name>hbase.rootdir</name>

           <value>hdfs://localhost:9000/hbase</value>

        </property>

 

       //Here you have to set the path where you want HBase to store its built in zookeeper  files.

        <property>

           <name>hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir</name>

           <value>/home/hadoopworkshop/zookeeper</value>

        </property>

        <property>

            <name>hbase.cluster.distributed</name>

            <value>true</value>

        </property>

     </configuration>    

Edit bashrc using this command line:

cd

sudo gedit .bashrc

Add this lines:

# - HBASE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES START -#

export HBASE_HOME=/usr/local/hbase

export PATH=$PATH:$HBASE_HOME/bin

# - HBASE ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES END -#

Execute bashrc:

. ~/.bashrc    

Step 5: Start hbase processes

Start hadoop process first:

start-dfs.sh

start-yarn.sh

Start hbase:

start-hbase.sh

Step 6: Stop hbase processes

Stop hbase:

stop-hbase.sh

Stop hadoop process:

stop-dfs.sh

stop-yarn.sh