The Configuration class which HBase relies on (just like Hadoop) allows variable expansion like described here:
http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.20.204.0/api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html Hopefully this can be of help. BTW, why do you need different hbase-site.xml files within the same cluster? J-D On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Ben Cuthbert <[email protected]> wrote: > All > > We are running a large setup for hbase and it would be good to be able to > run 1 property file for the whole cluster. so we can can change values > in the hbase-site.xml. Is there a way to have the hbase-site.xml read from > the env? > > something like > > <property> > <name>hbase.zookeeper.quorum</name> > <value>${HBASE.SERVER.ZOOKEEPER.QUORUM}</value> > </property> > >
