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Updated on 2022-12-14 GMT+08:00

HBase Failed to Start in a Newly Installed Cluster

Symptom

HBase of a newly installed cluster fails to start. The RegionServer log contains the following error information:

2018-02-24 16:53:03,863 | ERROR | regionserver/host3/187.6.71.69:21302 | Master passed us a different hostname to use; was=host3, but now=187-6-71-69 | org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServer.handleReportForDutyResponse(HRegionServer.java:1386)

Cause Analysis

In the /etc/hosts file, an IP address maps multiple hostnames.

Solution

  1. Modify the mapping between the IP address and hostnames in the /etc/host file.
  2. Restart HBase.