Add the following to your "Advanced hbase-env" part of Hbase config in Ambari. If you're using ambari: export HBASE_MASTER_OPTS="$HBASE_MASTER_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=20015" export HBASE_REGIONSERVER_OPTS="$HBASE_REGIONSERVER_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.local.only=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=20016" If you're not using Ambari add this manually to your hbase-env ... View more