@tosinghkunal , Ideally, you don't even need to provide the !connect string it should be automatically connecting to beeline after type beeline. your cluster is having ssl enabled ? if yes can you check the value of this file - /etc/hive/conf.cloudera.hive_on_tez/beeline-site.xml it should be similar to below   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--Autogenerated by Cloudera Manager--> <configuration>   <property>     <name>beeline.hs2.jdbc.url.default</name>     <value>hive_on_tez</value>   </property>   <property>     <name>beeline.hs2.jdbc.url.hive_on_tez</name>     <value>jdbc:hive2://ccycloud.cdpy.root.comops.site:2181/;serviceDiscoveryMode=zooKeeper;zooKeeperNamespace=hiveserver2;trustStoreType=jks;sslTrustStore=/var/lib/cloudera-scm-agent/agent-cert/cm-auto-global_truststore.jks;trustStorePassword=sLWNrcWS4SBAqZRtYJ9BVbNxoVwEbfS6hn2stjiezxq</value>   </property> </configuration> ... View more