Could someone explain me, what does exactly mean this portion of the error:     2019-06-19 14:58:20,944 DEBUG org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation: PrivilegedAction as:hbase (auth:SIMPLE) from:org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftHttpServlet.doKerberosAuth(ThriftHttpServlet.java:162) 2019-06-19 14:58:20,950 DEBUG org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation: PrivilegedActionException as:hbase (auth:SIMPLE) cause:org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.HttpAuthenticationException: Kerberos authentication failed: 2019-06-19 14:58:20,951 INFO org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftHttpServlet: Failed to authenticate with hbase kerberos principal 2019-06-19 14:58:20,951 ERROR org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.ThriftHttpServlet: Kerberos Authentication failed   Who present his identity (credentials?) to whom here? Hbase server to Thrift server or vice versa? Or Thrift cant authenticate to kerberos itself (and why)? Which service uses the hbase principal here and why it couldn't get its credentials?   Would appericate any help! ... View more

Hi! We have the same error in our cluster. I found out that if you uncheck property "Enable HBase Thrift Http Server" in hbase configuration, this error disappear, but then u cannot use the "doAs" feature of thrift server and all users who can access Hue have the same privileges in hbase as user hue (by which Hue server connects to thrift server and hence hbase server). We are still looking for a solution of the problem. Version of our cluster is 6.1.1. ... View more