title: HBase master not running exception
body: <p>I am getting following error. I am trying to connect HBase as a back-end for Nutch crawler.</p>
  
  <pre><code>13/10/21 13:11:13 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 0 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 1000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:14 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:14 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 1 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 1000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:15 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:15 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 2 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 1000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:16 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:16 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 3 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 2000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:18 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:18 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 4 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 2000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:20 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:20 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 5 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 4000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:24 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:24 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 6 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 4000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:28 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:28 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 7 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 8000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:36 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:36 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 8 of 10 failed; retrying after sleep of 16000
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:52 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: ZooKeeper available but no active master location found
  13/10/21 13:11:52 INFO client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation: getMaster attempt 9 of 10 failed; no more retrying.
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:357)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  13/10/21 13:11:52 ERROR crawl.InjectorJob: InjectorJob: org.apache.gora.util.GoraException: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:167)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:135)
          at org.apache.nutch.storage.StorageUtils.createWebStore(StorageUtils.java:75)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:221)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.inject(InjectorJob.java:251)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.run(InjectorJob.java:273)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:65)
          at org.apache.nutch.crawl.InjectorJob.main(InjectorJob.java:282)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
          at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:160)
  Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:127)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.initializeDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:102)
          at org.apache.gora.store.DataStoreFactory.createDataStore(DataStoreFactory.java:161)
          ... 12 more
  Caused by: org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MasterNotRunningException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getMaster(HConnectionManager.java:394)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin.&lt;init&gt;(HBaseAdmin.java:94)
          at org.apache.gora.hbase.store.HBaseStore.initialize(HBaseStore.java:109)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help me.</p>