This is the documentation for Cloudera Enterprise 5.8.x. Documentation for other versions is available at Cloudera Documentation.

HBase Installation

Apache HBase provides large-scale tabular storage for Hadoop using the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). Cloudera recommends installing HBase in a standalone mode before you try to run it on a whole cluster.

  Note: Install Cloudera Repository
Before using the instructions on this page to install or upgrade:
  • Install the Cloudera yum, zypper/YaST or apt repository.
  • Install or upgrade CDH 5 and make sure it is functioning correctly.
For instructions, see Installing the Latest CDH 5 Release and Upgrading Unmanaged CDH Using the Command Line.
  Note: Running Services

Use the service command to start, stop, and restart CDH components, rather than running scripts in /etc/init.d directly. The service command creates a predictable environment by setting the current working directory to / and removing most environment variables (passing only LANG and TERM). With /etc/init.d, existing environment variables remain in force and can produce unpredictable results. When you install CDH from packages, service is installed as part of the Linux Standard Base (LSB).

Use the following sections to install, update, and configure HBase:

Next Steps

After installing and configuring HBase, check out the following topics about using HBase:
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