@Sanaz Janbakhsh - were you able to fix this issue ? I'm getting similar issue where starting NameNode is giving Connection Refused error ------------------------------------- File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/resource_management/libraries/providers/hdfs_resource.py", line 292, in _get_file_status list_status = self.util.run_command(target, 'GETFILESTATUS', method='GET', ignore_status_codes=['404'], assertable_result=False) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/resource_management/libraries/providers/hdfs_resource.py", line 179, in run_command _, out, err = get_user_call_output(cmd, user=self.run_user, logoutput=self.logoutput, quiet=False) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/resource_management/libraries/functions/get_user_call_output.py", line 61, in get_user_call_output raise ExecutionFailed(err_msg, code, files_output[0], files_output[1]) resource_management.core.exceptions.ExecutionFailed: Execution of 'curl -sS -L -w '%{http_code}' -X GET 'http://nwk2-bdp-hadoop-06.gdcs-qa.apple.com:50070/webhdfs/v1/ats/done?op=GETFILESTATUS&user.name=hdfs' 1>/tmp/tmpckABub 2>/tmp/tmpNFnxOo' returned 7. curl: (7) Failed connect to nwk2-bdp-hadoop-06.gdcs-qa.apple.com:50070; Connection refused 000 ... View more