Import CDH4 repository

cd /etc/yum.repos.d
wget http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh4/redhat/5/x86_64/cdh/cloudera-cdh4.repo

Add Repository Key

rpm --import http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh4/redhat/5/x86_64/cdh/RPM-GPG-KEY-cloudera 

Install HBase

yum install hbase

Install HBase Master to run in standalone mode

yum install hbase-master

Start HBase Master

service hbase-master start

Test the installation with HBase Shell

hbase shell

Configure Firewall for Zookeeper

nano /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Add:

# HBase
# -----------------
# ZooKeeper
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 2181 -j ACCEPT
# hbase.master.port
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 60000 -j ACCEPT
# hbase.master.info.port
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 60010 -j ACCEPT
# hbase.regionserver.port
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 60020 -j ACCEPT
# hbase.regionserver.info.port
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 60030 -j ACCEPT
# various internal ports
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 40100:40300 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 41500:42500 -j ACCEPT
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp --dport 54590:54690 -j ACCEPT

Restart iptables

service iptables restart

troubleshooting: check that hostname is resolved

• Download, compile and run Hadoop DNS Checker

  [root@bazileus hadoop-dns-checker]# ./run.sh
  # self check...
  -- host : bazileus.guglama.net
     host lookup : success (192.71.25.41)
     reverse lookup : success (bazileus.guglama.net)
     is reachable : yes
  # end self check
  

restart hbase-master

service hbase-master stop
service hbase-master start