@BeforeClass
  public static void setup() {
    // Fix needed due to dependency for hbase-mapreduce module
    System.setProperty("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.io.netty.packagePrefix",
        "org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.");
    if (!contextMap.containsKey(getContextHandle()))
      contextMap.put(getContextHandle(), new Context(getContextHandle()));

    contextMap.get(getContextHandle()).start();
  }
startup an hbase cluster instance before a test suite runs
itests/hcatalog-unit/src/test/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/hbase/SkeletonHBaseTest.java