> Tested using the included hbase-ec2-cdh recipe: I've tested using the same configuration file and it looks like a permissions / environment setup issue to me because HBase shell works as root as expected.
> The zookeeper.cfg ends with: > --- > clientPort=2181 > server.0=localhost:2888:3888 > --- This is indeed a configuration problem but as you've seen it only generates a warning. We should track this down and fix it. > When you it on your local machine (run hbase-proxy.sh, export > HBASE_CONF_DIR=~/.whirr/hbase-cdh) you get another result: > > status > > ERROR: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException: null > > (I don't know if it makes a difference, but I locally have cdh3u1 > packages, while the cloud instances have cdh3) I guess it makes (not sure) because it seems like the cluster is actually running as expected. Cheers, Andrei