Did you happen to start hbase master process before trying to access hbase shell ?
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Alok Singh Mahor <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > I want to setup HBase in standalone mode on local filesystem. > I want to use local file system so I guess no need to install hadoop > and zookeeper. > I followed the instructions from > http://hbase.apache.org/book/quickstart.html > i didnt set hbase.rootdir in conf/hbase-site.xml as it will use default > /tmp > > I am using Kubuntu 12.10 and and > JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk as java 1.6 is required. > > HBase shell is running fine but I am unable to create table > I am getting error > > hbase(main):001:0> create 'test', 'cf' > > ERROR: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException: Retried 7 times > > Here is some help for this command: > Create table; pass table name, a dictionary of specifications per > column family, and optionally a dictionary of table configuration. > Dictionaries are described below in the GENERAL NOTES section. > Examples: > > hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 5} > hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1'}, {NAME => 'f2'}, {NAME => 'f3'} > hbase> # The above in shorthand would be the following: > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', 'f2', 'f3' > hbase> create 't1', {NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 1, TTL => 2592000, > BLOCKCACHE => true} > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', {SPLITS => ['10', '20', '30', '40']} > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', {SPLITS_FILE => 'splits.txt'} > hbase> # Optionally pre-split the table into NUMREGIONS, using > hbase> # SPLITALGO ("HexStringSplit", "UniformSplit" or classname) > hbase> create 't1', 'f1', {NUMREGIONS => 15, SPLITALGO => > 'HexStringSplit'} > > > hbase(main):002:0> > > could someone tell me where I am wrong? > > -- > Alok Singh Mahor > http://alokmahor.co.cc > Join the next generation of computing, Open Source and Linux/GNU!! > > -- > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- Mayank Joshi Skype: mail2mayank Mb.: +91 8690625808 Blog: http://www.techynfreesouls.co.nr PhotoStream: http://picasaweb.google.com/mail2mayank Today is tommorrow I was so worried about yesterday ... -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
