Apache HBase is a distributed, scalable, big data store. With Apache HBase, you can randomly access your big data, which support realtime read/write. You can get more information about Apache HBase from the reference list [3]. This article introduces how to setup a standalone HBase database with Dockerbase supported.

Steps:

1. Install Docker: Install the latest version of Docker on Ubuntu:

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$ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ubuntu/ | sudo sh
$ docker --version

For Microsoft Windows or Mac OS, there is a tool named boot2docker [1] need to be installed to provide a terminal to run the following commands. You can also get more information about other platform you are on from reference [2].

2. Clone the Dockerbase HBase image from the public Docker hub registry [4]:

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$ sudo docker run -it --rm --name dockerbase-devbase-hbase dockerbase/devbase-hbase

3. After pulling the image, the Dockerbase image will run automatically into the docker container (docker container just like a lightweight virtual machine), then you can run the following commands to start Apache HBase, and then launch the shell to run the HBase commands:

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devbase@0be9d4455f59:~$ sudo -E bash -c '/usr/local/hbase/bin/start-hbase.sh'
devbase@0be9d4455f59:~$ hbase shell
hbase(main):001:0> list
TABLE

2015-02-02 20:03:28,604 WARN  [main] util.NativeCodeLoader: Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform... using builtin-java classes where applicable
0 row(s) in 1.1440 seconds

=> []
hbase(main):002:0> create 'test', 'cf'
0 row(s) in 0.2630 seconds

=> Hbase::Table - test
hbase(main):003:0> list 'test'
TABLE
test
1 row(s) in 0.0030 seconds

=> ["test"]
hbase(main):004:0> put 'test', 'row1', 'cf:a', 'value1'
0 row(s) in 0.0900 seconds

hbase(main):005:0> get 'test', 'row1'
COLUMN                                               CELL
 cf:a                                                timestamp=1422907465167, value=value1
1 row(s) in 0.0110 seconds

hbase(main):006:0> disable 'test'
0 row(s) in 1.2890 seconds

hbase(main):007:0> drop 'test'
0 row(s) in 0.2010 seconds
hbase(main):008:0> quit
devbase@0be9d4455f59:~$ sudo -E bash -c '/usr/local/hbase/bin/stop-hbase.sh'

From the above commands, we list the tables in database, then create a table named ‘test’. We put some data into the table, then get it out with the get command. Before we drop the table, we have to disable it. The last step is to quit the Apache HBase shell.

You can find more Apache HBase shell commands from reference list [4] to practice in this Dockerbase image. Enjoy!

References:

1. http://boot2docker.io/
2. https://docs.docker.com/installation/
3. http://hbase.apache.org/
4. https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/dockerbase/devbase-hbase/
5. http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hbase/Shell

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