Could you please try the steps detailed at https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/hive If you want to use your own core-site.xml/hdfs-site.xml/yarn-site.xml or hive-site.xml for the service, you can provide the environment variable HIVE_CUSTOM_CONF_DIR for the command. For example: Put the custom configuration file under the directory /opt/hive/conf and run: docker run -d -p 9083:9083 --env SERVICE_NAME=metastore \--env DB_DRIVER=postgres -v /opt/hive/conf:/hive_custom_conf --env HIVE_CUSTOM_CONF_DIR=/hive_custom_conf \--name metastore apache/hive:${HIVE_VERSION} ... View more