Installing OpenTSDB 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

This article describes the steps required to install OpenTSDB 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

1- Download the latest stable version of OpenTSDB from:

https://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb/releases

2- Install Java 8 on Ubuntu:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

3- Configure Java Environment:

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-set-default

4- Set JAVA_HOME:

$ sudo echo "export JAVA_HOME=\"/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-whatever/\"" >> ~/.bashrc

5- Install AUTORECONF

$ sudo apt-get install dh-autoreconf

6- Install gnuplot

$ sudo apt-get install gnuplot

7- Download hbase from:

http://apache.dattatec.com/hbase/stable/

And install:

tar -xzf hbase-1.1.5-bin.tar.gz

8- Edit config file conf/hbase-site.xml and set the following parameters:

<configuration>
<property>
    <name>hbase.rootdir</name>
    <value>file:///home/home/hbase</value>
</property>
<property>
    <name>hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir</name>
    <value>/home/home/zookeeper</value>
</property>
</configuration>

​9- Run bin/start-hbase.sh (bin/stop-hbase.sh to stop)

10 - Install opentsdb package

sudo dpkg -i opentsdb*.deb

11- Verify settings in /etc/opentsdb/* (vi /etc/opentsdb/*)

12- Prepare environment:

env COMPRESSION=NONE HBASE_HOME=/home/home/Downloads/hbase-1.1.5

./usr/share/opentsdb/tools/create_table.sh

13 - Start opentsdb

(cd /etc/init.d/ && ./opentsdb start)

14 - If you need to stop openstdb:

(cd /etc/init.d/ && ./opentsdb stop)

Enjoy!