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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
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

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