Hbase

start hbase using -  start-hbase.sh
get hbase shell - bin/hbase shell
hbase(main):001:0> status
1 servers, 0 dead, 5.0000 average load

hbase(main):004:0> list
TABLE                                                                                                                                                                          
socialdata                                                                                                                                                                     
test                                                                                                                                                                           
testtable                                                                                                                                                                      
3 row(s) in 0.0380 seconds
hbase(main):002:0> create 'socialdata', 'connection','feeds','personal'
0 row(s) in 0.2930 seconds
create table with name socialdata and columnfamily  - connection feeds personal.
hbase(main):009:0> scan 'socialdata'
display contents of a file
drop 'socialdata' - remove the table
exit - exit hbase

delete a row from hbase
- delete all the columns - delete '','',':'

 delete all contents of a row -
deleteall 'socialdata','facebook:123123123'
Inorder to configure a mapreduce job for a remote hbase cluster we have configuration like :

conf = HBaseConfiguration.create(conf);
conf.set(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM, "athena");
conf.set(HConstants.ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT, "2222");

//
server configurations

Hbase-site.xml

      hbase.rootdir
      hdfs://******:54310/hbase/sprout
 
      hbase.zookeeper.property.clientPort
      2222

      hbase.cluster.distributed
      true

      hbase.zookeeper.quorum
      athena

      hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir
      /home/*****/Deploy/zookeeper
Hbase needs zookeper running to manage the cluster of masters and slaves.
ALso sync the system time across the machine -The time deifference shouldnt be above .5 minute
Ubuntu
ntpdate
Inside hbase-env.sh
set - export HBASE_MANAGES_ZK=true
To tell Hbase to manage its own zookeeper ensemble and specify the zookeeper properties in the hbase-site.xml
ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services. All of these kinds of services are used in some form or another by distributed applications.

When connecting from Hbase client this zookeeper quorum is used in our case quorum name is athena


Connecting programmaticaly to hbase is easier. You need to add the respectibe hbase-site.xml into your base classpath and then call the following statement
Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
That creates the configuration for you.
piping output from hbase to a text file
echo "get '*****data','facebook:123123123'"|hbase shell > test