https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Beeline-connection-throws-error/m-p/213832#M175756 <P>Beeline connectivity working fine as below, if you gettitng error , kinldy share full work log for clear understanding ?</P><PRE>user@CENT:~&gt; beeline SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings. SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/hdp/2.3.2.0-2950/spark/lib/spark-assembly-1.4.1.2.3.2.0-2950-hadoop2.7.1.2.3.2.0-2950.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/hdp/2.3.2.0-2950/hadoop/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class] SLF4J: See <A href="http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings" target="_blank">http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings</A> for an explanation. SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory] Beeline version 1.2.1.2.3.2.48-5 by Apache Hive beeline&gt; !connect jdbc:hive2://HDP(Hive server Name):10000 Connecting to jdbc:hive2://HDP:10000 Enter username for jdbc:hive2://HDP:10000: user Enter password for jdbc:hive2://HDP:10000: Password Connected to: Apache Hive (version 1.2.1.2.3.2.48-5) Driver: Hive JDBC (version 1.2.1.2.3.2.48-5) Transaction isolation: TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ 0: jdbc:hive2://HDP:10000&gt; use database; </PRE> Wed, 09 Aug 2017 09:56:28 GMT shivkumar82015 2017-08-09T09:56:28Z