https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/webHDFS-403-error/m-p/242318#M204121 <A rel="user" href="https://community.cloudera.com/users/1271/sheltong.html" nodeid="1271">@Geoffrey Shelton Okot</A><P>Thanks, I think I solved it.</P><P>You know what was the problem? The Ambari wasn't creating/re-creating keytabs and principals for HTTP/_HOST@DOMAIN.COM - had to do that by hand. Plus, with the correct encryption... </P><P>Thank you for your help! </P><P>It's just interesting: did you have to create HTTP/_HOST principal, or did the Ambari create it automatically for you? If that's the case, I wonder why it didn't on my machine. By the way, I'm using openLDAP for Ldap/Kerberos database. </P> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:58:47 GMT mRabramS 2019-01-17T16:58:47Z