My software versions
Spark 1.6.1, HBase 1.2.1, run on EMR 4.7.1
Spark and HBase installation:
http://dmitrypukhov.pro/install-apache-spark-on-ubuntu/,
http://dmitrypukhov.pro/install-hbase-on-linux-dev/
Configure Spark
Edit spark-defaults.conf and ensure spark.driver.extraClassPath and spark.executor.extraClassPath contain path to hbase libraries. For me it is /usr/lib/hbase/lib/*
My extra class pathes: Continue reading