# # # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one # or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file # distributed with this work for additional information # regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the # "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance # with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # module Shell module Commands class Alter < Command def help return <<-EOF Alter a table. Depending on the HBase setting ("hbase.online.schema.update.enable"), the table must be disabled or not to be altered (see help 'disable'). You can add/modify/delete column families, as well as change table configuration. Column families work similarly to create; column family spec can either be a name string, or a dictionary with NAME attribute. Dictionaries are described on the main help command output. For example, to change or add the 'f1' column family in table 't1' from current value to keep a maximum of 5 cell VERSIONS, do: hbase> alter 't1', NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 5 You can operate on several column families: hbase> alter 't1', 'f1', {NAME => 'f2', IN_MEMORY => true}, {NAME => 'f3', VERSIONS => 5} To delete the 'f1' column family in table 'ns1:t1', use one of: hbase> alter 'ns1:t1', NAME => 'f1', METHOD => 'delete' hbase> alter 'ns1:t1', 'delete' => 'f1' You can also change table-scope attributes like MAX_FILESIZE, READONLY, MEMSTORE_FLUSHSIZE, DEFERRED_LOG_FLUSH, etc. These can be put at the end; for example, to change the max size of a region to 128MB, do: hbase> alter 't1', MAX_FILESIZE => '134217728' You can add a table coprocessor by setting a table coprocessor attribute: hbase> alter 't1', 'coprocessor'=>'hdfs:///foo.jar|com.foo.FooRegionObserver|1001|arg1=1,arg2=2' Since you can have multiple coprocessors configured for a table, a sequence number will be automatically appended to the attribute name to uniquely identify it. The coprocessor attribute must match the pattern below in order for the framework to understand how to load the coprocessor classes: [coprocessor jar file location] | class name | [priority] | [arguments] You can also set configuration settings specific to this table or column family: hbase> alter 't1', CONFIGURATION => {'hbase.hregion.scan.loadColumnFamiliesOnDemand' => 'true'} hbase> alter 't1', {NAME => 'f2', CONFIGURATION => {'hbase.hstore.blockingStoreFiles' => '10'}} You can also remove a table-scope attribute: hbase> alter 't1', METHOD => 'table_att_unset', NAME => 'MAX_FILESIZE' hbase> alter 't1', METHOD => 'table_att_unset', NAME => 'coprocessor$1' There could be more than one alteration in one command: hbase> alter 't1', { NAME => 'f1', VERSIONS => 3 }, { MAX_FILESIZE => '134217728' }, { METHOD => 'delete', NAME => 'f2' }, OWNER => 'johndoe', METADATA => { 'mykey' => 'myvalue' } EOF end def command(table, *args) format_simple_command do admin.alter(table, true, *args) end end end end end