get “ERROR: Can’t get master address from ZooKeeper; znode data == null” when using Hbase shell

If you just want to run HBase without going into Zookeeper management for standalone HBase, then remove all the property blocks from hbase-site.xml except the property block named hbase.rootdir. Now run /bin/start-hbase.sh. HBase comes with its own Zookeeper, which gets started when you run /bin/start-hbase.sh, which will suffice if you are trying to get around … Read more