How to install HBase on Linux

Question

Hi guys. Can someone tell me how to install Hbase? And also mention the configurations. Looking for the stand-alone mode. Thanks

Answer 1

To install Hbase, you first need the pig file. You can download it from:

https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/2.1.3/hbase-2.1.3-bin.tar.gz

Next, open the terminal and extract the files using this command:

$ cd Downloads

$ tar -xvf hbase-2.1.3-bin.tar.gz

Now, we need to make some changes to the configuration on HBase. The configuration files are stored in the conf directory. Let’s switch to that folder:

$ cd hbase-2.1.3/conf/

We need to set the Java path in the hbase-env.sh file. To find the Java path, run the following command:

$ echo $JAVA_HOME

This will print the Java Path.

Now, open the hbase-env.sh file with a text editor:

$ nano hbase-env.sh

And make the below entry:

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

Remember to replace the path with the Java path on your system

Next, we need to make changes to the hbase-site.xml file. Open the file:

$nano hbase-site.xml

and make the below entries:

<configuration>

   <property>

      <name>hbase.rootdir</name>

      <value>file:/home/hadoop/HBase/HFiles</value>

   </property>

   <property>

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

      <value>/home/hadoop/zookeeper</value>

   </property>

</configuration>

Now to start Hbase, switch to the bin directory:

$cd ../bin

and run the following command:

$ ./start-hbase.sh