HiveServer2 starts when minicluster is running. The page shows how to start Hive beeline shell.

  • cd $IMPALA_HOME
  • Make sure minicluster and impala cluster are running (./testdata/bin/run-all.sh)
  • source ./bin/impala-config.sh
  • Make sure $HIVE_HOME and $HADOOP_HOME are set (echo $HIVE_HOME & $HADOOP_HOME)
  • Start beeline by typing "beeline" in $IMPALA_HOME

  • beeline> !connect jdbc:hive2://localhost:11050 hive org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDrive

  • Exit beeline: !exit