I stumbled on this today. Not sure if you are still looking for answers but here we go... Btw, thanks @Ravindra Punuru for debug output. From the debug output, the Kerberos layer is not able to decipher hive/_host@REALM principal name into correct principal name. Hence the error "Server not found in Kerberos database". Please try replacing the _HOST with FQDN of HiveServer2 node. Thanks ! ... View more