A Import from MySQL to HBase

 A Import from MySQL to HBase (hands on excercise explanation)

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Make sure your HBase is running
 Go to $HBASE_HOME/bin
execute the following commands
 $HBASE_HOME/bin >start-hbase.sh
$HBASE_HOME/bin >hbase shell

hbase> list_namespace_tables 'default'

to see the list of tables;
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Go to $SQOOP_HOME/bin>./sqoop import --connect jdbc:mysql://192.x.x.x/sakila --table actor  --username <...> --password<...>
--hbase-table actor --column-family pd
--hbase-row-key actor_id --hbase-create-table - m 1
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This above command will create a table in hbase default database and loads the data from MySQL table "actor"