https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Error-starting-HIVE-metastore/m-p/209333#M171287 <P><A rel="user" href="https://community.cloudera.com/users/87334/harryli.html" nodeid="87334">@Harry Li</A> Can you show the content of /etc/hosts/ file?</P><P>For your hostname there should be associated IP address.</P><P>Ex:</P><P>127.0.0.1 localhost</P><P> 172.26.96.94 msl-dpe-perf74.msl.lab</P> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 06:33:30 GMT apappu 2018-08-02T06:33:30Z