In this chapter, we discussed administrative parts of HBase such as the introduction to HBase administration, HBase shell, and different administrating tools for HBase. This chapter also covered topics such as how to use Java in HBase shell for various tweaks, HBase, shell scripting for HBase, and how to connect Hive with HBase to run HQL queries from Hive. We also looked at how we can implement security in HBase, the frequently occurring errors, and their solutions. In the next chapter, we will look into scripting and backup strategies.