Here’s a snippet from a system we use to create an HTable we use to connect to HBase Configuration hConf = HBaseConfiguration.create(conf); hConf.set(Constants.HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM, hbaseZookeeperQuorum); hConf.setInt(Constants.HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_CLIENTPORT, hbaseZookeeperClientPort); HTable hTable = new HTable(hConf, tableName); HTH EDIT: Example Values: public static final String HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_QUORUM = “hbase.zookeeper.quorum”; public static final String HBASE_CONFIGURATION_ZOOKEEPER_CLIENTPORT = “hbase.zookeeper.property.clientPort”; … hbaseZookeeperQuorum=”PDHadoop1.corp.CompanyName.com,PDHadoop2.corp.CompanyName.com”; hbaseZookeeperClientPort=10000; tableName=”HBaseTableName”;