Installing HBase v2.3.4 Standalone

install-hbase-standalone.md

Installing:

• HBase 2.3.4 (current stable version)

On

• MacOS 10.14
• Homebrew is available
• Java 8 and 11 installed (either system Java and/or installed via homebrew... not sure...)

Generally following instructions from https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#quickstart. Interesting notes and specific suggestions:

• seems like Java 8 is preferred. 11 is ok as well. https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#java
• The internet suggests using /usr/libexec/java_home (and specifically /usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8) to find the JAVA_HOME location

Fuller guide:

1. Install Java 8 JDK via homebrew brew cask install homebrew/cask-versions/adoptopenjdk8
2. Download and unzip hbase-2.3.4-bin.tar.gz from the stable folder in the first link: https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/hbase/
3. Configure env vars for HBase (Java 8 home dir) export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8)
4. Start HBase with ./bin/start-hbase.sh
5. Success?! View the admin interface at http://localhost:16010
6. Connect to HBase via shell ./bin/hbase shell
7. Success?!? Do your HBase thing
8. Stop HBase. ./bin/stop-hbase.sh