I am not sure if CM setups the Metastore with Derby or MySql. In any case, when using Oozie you need a real DBMS for the Metastore as the Hive action will run on some nodes and need to contact the Metastore. Could you share your hive-site.xml and the one you are using in Oozie? (they could be the same) Romain ... View more

Could you use a remove Hive metastore ( http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera-content/cloudera-docs/CDH4/latest/CDH4-Installation-Guide/cdh4ig_hive_metastore_configure.html#topic_18_4_1_unique_1__title_508_unique_1) instead of Derby /var/ lib/hive/metastore/metastore_db. http://gethue.com/hadoop-tutorial-oozie-workflow-credentials-with-a-hive-action-with-kerberos/ Romain ... View more

cat $HUE_HOME/build/env/lib/python2.6/site-packages/hue.pth ? Where HUE_HOME is probably /usr/lib/hue Also, did you restart Hue at least once? Romain ... View more

Did you install CDH with the packages? Could you list them with the equivalent of: sudo dpkg -l | grep hue Romain ... View more

Yes, in Hue 3.5 the workflow editor as an export button to export the XML of the workflow. Versioning built in Hue is on the roadmap (and also we will see for git integration + global export/import https://issues.cloudera.org/browse/HUE-1660). Romain ... View more

The workflow.xml is not editable as it will be replaced when the workflow is submitted again. If some XML is missing you could tell us what that way we could improve the editor and remove the need to manually edit the XML. Romain ... View more

When you submit is, the workflow.xml should be generated in the workspace. Romain ... View more

Glad to hear! ... View more