I am trying to connect Java api to Hbase, I am using Ambari for Hbase and netbean for java. I am facing an error Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a host:port pair: PBUF # sandbox.hortonworks.com�}�����-. libraries of Hbase-client-0.95.0.jar and Hbase-server.0.95.0.jar have same version. please guide how can I resolve ? this is a code that I am using for connection. Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create(); conf.set("hbase.master", "192.168.23.143:16020"); conf.set("hbase.zookeeper.quorum","192.168.23.143"); conf.set("hbase.zookeeper.property.clientPort", "2181"); conf.set("zookeeper.znode.parent", "/hbase-unsecure"); System.out.println("Connecting ..."); HBaseAdmin admin = new HBaseAdmin(conf); HBaseAdmin.checkHBaseAvailable(conf); System.out.println("Connecting ..."); boolean bool = admin.tableExists("transport"); System.out.println( bool); } Error: run: Connecting ... 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:zookeeper.version=3.3.1-942149, built on 05/07/2010 17:14 GMT 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:host.name=DESKTOP-959ROGC 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.version=1.8.0_192 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.vendor=Oracle Corporation 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.home=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_192\jre 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.class.path=E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-beanutils-core-1.8.0.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-cli-1.2.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-codec-1.4.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-collections-3.2.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-configuration-1.6.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-digester-1.8.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-el-1.0.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-io-2.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-lang-2.4.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-logging-1.0.3.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-logging-1.1.2.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-math-2.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\commons-net-1.4.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\core-3.1.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\hadoop-core-1.1.2.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\hadoop-core-1.2.1.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\hbase-0.94.10.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\hbase-client-0.95.0.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\hbase-server-0.95.0.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\hsqldb-1.8.0.10.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\log4j-1.2.16.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\servlet-api-2.5-6.1.14.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\jar_file\zookeeper.jar;E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection\build\classes 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.library.path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_192\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Java\bin;C:\Java;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Users\sidra\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;;. 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.io.tmpdir=C:\Users\sidra\AppData\Local\Temp\ 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:java.compiler=<NA> 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:os.name=Windows 10 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:os.arch=amd64 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:os.version=10.0 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:user.name=sidra 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:user.home=C:\Users\sidra 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Client environment:user.dir=E:\NetBeanProject\HBaseConnection 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ZooKeeper: Initiating client connection, connectString=192.168.23.143:2181 sessionTimeout=180000 watcher=hconnection 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.RecoverableZooKeeper: The identifier of this process is 17072@DESKTOP-959ROGC 19/07/18 21:31:32 INFO zookeeper.ClientCnxn: Opening socket connection to server /192.168.23.143:2181 19/07/18 21:31:39 INFO zookeeper.ClientCnxn: Socket connection established to 192.168.23.143/192.168.23.143:2181, initiating session 19/07/18 21:31:39 INFO zookeeper.ClientCnxn: Session establishment complete on server 192.168.23.143/192.168.23.143:2181, sessionid = 0x16c04d6c5dc002e, negotiated timeout = 40000 Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Not a host:port pair: PBUF # sandbox.hortonworks.com�}�����- ... 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