Ok, it's obvious that this is a networking issue. I'm running on CentOS and the hostname file is not in /etc, it's located in /etc/sysconfig/network instead.
This is how that file looks like at the moment: NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=ysg.connect /etc/hosts is like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost ysg.connect On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Yves S. Garret <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com>wrote: > Just curious, but what's zookeeper.sh in the bin directory of HBase? > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Jay Vyas <jayunit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes that's a great post it helped me appreciate the complexity of the >> whole thing to. There's gotta be a JIRA in here somewhere :) >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 24, 2013, at 7:08 PM, "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I do want to know. Maybe that'll get my problem resolved. >> > >> > >> > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Asaf Mesika <asaf.mes...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> If you truly want to understand the weirdness behind what you >> witnessed, >> >> then make a big cup of coffee, prepare a notebook with a pen and sit >> down >> >> to read this: >> http://blog.devving.com/why-does-hbase-care-about-etchosts/ >> >> My friend at devving.com had a fight like this with HBase pseudo >> mode, but >> >> decided to go really deep into HBase code , JVM, Dns resolving and >> Linux >> >> standards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, May 24, 2013, Jay Vyas wrote: >> >> >> >>> +1 for a VM on your own machine. That's how I do it because its easy >> to >> >>> control and muck with network settings . >> >>> >> >>> Cant you just Edit etc/hostname file ? >> >>> >> >>> On May 24, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans <jdcry...@apache.org> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> This is a machine identity problem. HBase simply uses the normal Java >> >>>> APIs and asks "who am I?". The answer it gets is >> >>>> ip72-215-225-9.at.at.cox.net. Changing this should only be a matter >> of >> >>>> DNS configs, starting with /etc/hosts. What is your machine's >> hostname >> >>>> exactly (run "hostname")? When you ping it, what does it return? That >> >>>> should get you started. Does you machine even have a local IP when >> you >> >>>> run ifconfig? If not, all you can do is force everything to localhost >> >>>> in your network configs. It also means you cannot use HBase in a >> >>>> distributed fashion. >> >>>> >> >>>> Changing the code seems like a waste of time, HBase is inherently >> >>>> distributed and it relies on machines having their network correctly >> >>>> configured. Your time might be better spent using a VM on your own >> >>>> machine. >> >>>> >> >>>> J-D >> >>>> >> >>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Yves S. Garret >> >>>> <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> That seems to be the case. The thing that I don't get is if I >> missed >> >>> any >> >>>>> "global" setting in order to make everything turn towards localhost. >> >>> What >> >>>>> am I missing? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I'll scour the HBase docs again. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Jay Vyas <jayunit...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Yes ... get hostname and /etc/hosts synced up properly and i bet >> that >> >>> will >> >>>>>> fix it >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans < >> >>> jdcry...@apache.org >> >>>>>>> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Ah yeah the master advertised itself as: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Attempting connect to Master server at >> >>>>>>> ip72-215-225-9.at.at.cox.net,46122,1369408257140 >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> So the region server cannot find it since that's the public >> address >> >>>>>>> and nothing's reachable through that. Now you really need to fix >> >> your >> >>>>>>> networking :) >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> J-D >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Yves S. Garret >> >>>>>>> <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>>> Ok, weird, it still seems to be looking towards Cox. >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Here is my hbase-site.xml file: >> >>>>>>>> http://bin.cakephp.org/view/628322266 >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Jean-Daniel Cryans < >> >>>>>> jdcry...@apache.org >> >>>>>>>> wrote: >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> No, I meant hbase.master.ipc.address and >> >>>>>>>>> hbase.regionserver.ipc.address. See >> >>>>>>>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-8148. >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> J-D >> >>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Yves S. Garret >> >>>>>>>>> <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>> Do you mean hbase.master.info.bindAddress and >> >>>>>>>>>> hbase.regionserver.info.bindAddress? I couldn't find >> >>>>>>>>>> anything else in the docs. But having said that, both >> >>>>>>>>>> are set to 0.0.0.0 by default. >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Also, I checked out 127.0.0.1:60010 and 0.0.0.0:60010, >> >>>>>>>>>> no web gui. >> >> >> > >
