i had this error: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264) at Model.HiveConnection.main(HiveConnection.java:15) ... View more

i'm running HDP 2.4 , i restarted Spark and it appear in the list of my notebook's interpreter but the problem still exists ! ... View more

@Emil yes, i run it on HDP Sandbox and the Spark Thrift Server was Stopped , but connection still refused for the same exception even after i start it !! ... View more