[HBASE-5426] How to Set Up a Pseudo-Distributed Mode for HBase

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.92.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.92.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Labels: documentation

Environment

RedHat 7, Ubuntu 10

• Tags: Pseudo-Distributed Mode Configuration
• Assignee: Doug Meil
• Reporter: Bing Li
• Created: 17/Feb/12 17:18
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 11:54
• Resolved: 10/Jul/14 03:38

Description

Hi, all,

I just made a summary about the experiences to set up a pseudo-distributed mode HBase.

1) RedHat 9 is not suitable for running HBase and Hadoop. I don't know the reasons. Now Ubuntu is my choice.

2) After the pseudo-distributed mode of HDFS is configured, it is required to configure the hbase-env.sh and hbase-site.xml. The book, HBase the Definitive Guide, does not mentions hbase.env.xml.

3) It should set up JAVA_HOME, HBASE_CLASSPATH and HBASE_MANAGES_ZK. My hbase-env.sh is as follows.

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.6.1/
export HBASE_CLASSPATH=/opt/hbase-0.92.0/conf
export HBASE_OPTS="-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
export HBASE_MANAGES_ZK=true

4) When configuring hbase-site.xml, the property, hbase.cluster.distributed, must be set also. The book, HBase the Definitive Guide, does not do that either. My hbase-site.xml is as follows.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>
<configuration>
<property>
<name>hbase.rootdir</name>
<value>hdfs://localhost:9000/hbase</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>dfs.replication</name>
<value>1</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>hbase.cluster.distributed</name>
<value>true</value>
</property>
</configuration>

I am a new user of HBase. Your suggestions are highly appreciated.

Best regards,
Bing

Issue Links

• is superceded by: HBASE-11399 Improve Quickstart chapter and move Pseudo-distributed and distributed to it