Richard, Do you perhaps have a stray /etc/zookeeper/zoo.cfg file lying around on your client node?
I think the issue may be that its picking up a default of localhost from reading an non-configured zoo.cfg on the classpath. On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Richard Tang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I have a connection problem on setting up hbase on remote node. The > ``hbase`` instance is on a machine ``nodeA``. when I am trying to use hbase > on ``nodeA`` from another machine (say ``nodeB``), it complains > >> Session 0x0 for server null, unexpected error, closing socket connection > and attempting reconnect > >> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused > >> ... > > Also, I used hbase shell from ``nodeB`` to test hbase against ``nodeA``, > but still without success. In the shell, when issuing ``list``, it gets > stuck there... > > To diagnose, I can however run following test program with success. > 1.zkcli utility can be tested against zookeeper on ``ndoeA``, as > >> ./bin/hbase zkcli -server nodeA:2181 > > 2.I can also successfully ``ssh`` to the node, like ``ssh -X root@nodeA``. > What could possibly be the reason for that error? > > regards, > Tang -- Harsh J
