1. Download HBASE from hbase.apache.org and install it to /home/shgong/hbase
2. Setup java home
2.1. Change working directory to /home/shgong/hbase/conf/
2.2. Edit the hbase-env.sh
# export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0/ export JAVA_HOME=/home/shgong/jdk/
3. Setup hbase data file directory
3.1. Make a dir
mkdir -p /home/shgong/hbase/var/hbase
3.2. Change the hbase-site.xml setting
<property> <name>hbase.rootdir</name> <value>file:///home/shgong/hbase/var/hbase</value> </property>
4. Stare Hbase and check
cd /home/shgong/hbase/bin start-hbase.sh