4.1. Start HBase and ZooKeeper

Start ZooKeeper. Execute these commands from each ZooKeeper node:

Login as $ZOOKEEPER_USER
/usr/lib/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh start $ZOOKEEPER_CONF_DIR/zoo.cfg

Create HBase user home on HDFS from any host:

Login as $HDFS_USER
hadoop fs -mkdir /user/$HBASE_USER 
hadoop fs -chown $HBASE_USER:$HBASE_USER/user/$HBASE_USER
 

Create HBase root directories on HDFS from any host:

Login as $HDFS_USER
hadoop fs -mkdir /apps/hbase/data
hadoop fs -chown -R $HBASE_USER:$HBASE_USER/apps/hbase

Start the HBase Master. Execute these commands from the HBase Master node:

Login as $HBASE_USER
/usr/lib/hbase/bin/hbase-daemon.sh --config $HBASE_CONF_DIRstart master 

Start the RegionServers. Execute this command from each HBase RegionServer node:

Login as $HBASE_USER
/usr/lib/hbase/bin/hbase-daemon.sh --config $HBASE_CONF_DIR start regionserver