I figured out my problem. The docs specifically say to specify the location of the db date via file:///your/path/here and instead I simply decided to make it /your/path/here
Once I used the file:/// convention everything went smooth. Thanks for the help. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Suraj Varma <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you trying to install HBase in a standalone mode? Can you give > some more details like what your local system looks like (cygwin / Mac > / Linux etc) > > Try the following things: > 1) Start hbase and use the master web ui > (http://localhost:60010/master.jsp) to ensure that *all* hostnames are > reflected as localhost. > > 2) If you see any IP addresses that are not 127.0.0.1, you would need > to use the hbase.(zookeeper|master|regionserver).dns.interface > configuration to bind it to localhost. See > http://opentsdb.net/setup-hbase.html for an example configuration file > with these fields. The exact value would change based on your system > (cygwin/Mac/Linux etc) > > 3) Look at the master log (under $HBASE_HOME/logs) to see if there are > any errors / stack traces that could point you to more information. > > 4) Lastly, try deleting your /hbase directory before a clean start in > case you have been having installation issues for a while (to make > sure that you are starting with a clean slate) > > Use a service like pastebin.com to post logs as email mangles it up. > --Suraj >
