Apache HBase on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Apache HBase is the distributed, scalable, big data NoSQL store that runs on top of Hadoop and HDFS, modelled on Google Bigtable. This cloudimg image packages Apache HBase 2.5.15 (Apache 2.0) in single node standalone mode on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: the HBase Master, a RegionServer and an embedded ZooKeeper quorum all run inside one JVM against the local filesystem, so a single Azure VM gives you a fully functional HBase for development, testing, single tenant production stores, embedded time series and proof of concept workloads with no Hadoop cluster to stand up.

All HBase services bind to loopback (Master 16000, Master UI 16010, RegionServer 16020/16030, embedded ZooKeeper 2181). The read only Master status UI is fronted by an nginx reverse proxy on port 80 with HTTP Basic authentication using a per VM password, alongside an unauthenticated /health endpoint for liveness checks. hbase.rootdir, the write ahead log and the embedded ZooKeeper data live on a dedicated, independently resizable 40 GiB Azure data disk mounted at /var/lib/hbase, separate from the OS disk and re provisioned with every VM. A unique admin password is generated on the first boot of each VM and written to a root only credentials file.

Licensing: Apache 2.0, FREE. The cloudimg charge ($0.04 per vCPU/hour) covers packaging, security patching, image maintenance and 24/7 expert support. Recommended: Standard_B4ms to start. IMPORTANT: the Master UI is served over plain HTTP on port 80 behind Basic auth; front it with TLS and your own domain before production exposure.