[HBASE-1510] allow zookeeper quorum IPs in DNS as an option

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.1, 0.90.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: ryan rawson
• Created: 11/Jun/09 01:00
• Updated: 11/Jun/22 20:47
• Resolved: 16/Jul/14 21:47

Description

instead of configuring IPs in zoo.conf, allow retrieving the IPs from DNS. This way we don't have to supply zoo.conf or any hbase-site.xml to clients.

eg, one quorum might ahve a dns name of 'quorum1', the hbase path, you could specify the cluster in code like:
HTable table = new HTable("/quorum1/hbase/table_name");

and avoid having to distribute hbase-site.xml or zoo.cfg.