Introduction You will need to know the location of binaries, configuration files, and libraries when working with HBase. Directories Configuration /etc/hbase/conf is the location for all of HBase’s configuration files. HBase uses Debian Alternatives, so there are a number of symlinks to the configuration files. /etc/hbase/conf is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/hbase-conf. /etc/alternatives/hbase-conf is a symlink …