This is much clear now   On server side the request was rejected as the client was initiating non-ssl connection Caused by: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection? Client side it was unable to  trust the server certs as it was not configured to use a truststore Caused by: com.cloudera.hiveserver2.support.exceptions.GeneralException: [Cloudera][HiveJDBCDriver](500164) Error initialized or created transport for authentication: [Cloudera][HiveJDBCDriver](500169) Unable to connect to server: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target. You got to add few more properties to your connection string jdbc:hive2://vdbdgw01dsy.dsone.3ds.com:10000/default;AuthMech=1;KrbAuthType=1;KrbHostFQDN=vdbdgw01dsy.dsone.3ds.com;KrbRealm=DSONE.3DS.COM;KrbServiceName=hive;LogLevel=6;LogPath=d:/TestPLPFolder/hivejdbclog;SSL=1;SSLTrustStore=<path_to_truststore>;SSLTrustStorePwd=<password to truststore> If you dont have password to your truststore you can omit the parameter SSLTrustStorePwd   ... View more