Setting up multi-node HBase cluster

In this recipe, we will configure an HBase fully distributed cluster with ZooKeeper quorum formed by three nodes. This is the recommended configuration for the production environment.

Getting ready

The user is expected to complete the previous recipe and must have completed the recipes for setting up Hive with ZooKeeper. In this recipe, we will be using the already configured ZooKeeper ensemble.

How to do it...

1. Connect to the master1.cyrus.com master node in the cluster and change to the user hadoop.
2. Stop any daemons running from the previous HBase recipe.
3. Make sure the HBase package is downloaded, extracted, and the environment variables are set up as discussed in the previous recipe.
4. To confirm the setup, execute the commands as shown in the following screenshot:
   
5. Edit the hbase-site.xml file, as shown here:

   <property>
       <name>hbase.master</name>
       <value>master1.cyrus.com:60000</value>
   </property>
   
   <property>
     ...