I am not sure what exactly is missing or extra character in this configuration file, but I am getting this error while loading file. bash: /hive/conf/hive-site.xml: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token newline' bash: /hive/conf/hive-site.xml: line 1: ' My configuration file is : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?> <configuration> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name> <value>jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/hdfs/hive/metastore_db;create=true</value> <description> JDBC connect string for a JDBC metastore. To use SSL to encrypt/authenticate the connection, provide database-specific SSL flag in the connection URL. For example, jdbc:postgresql://myhost/db?ssl=true for postgres database. </description> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.warehouse.dir</name> <value>/hdfs/hive/warehouse</value> <description>location of default database for the warehouse</description> </property> <property> <name>hive.metastore.uris</name> <value/> <description>Thrift URI for the remote metastore. Used by metastore client to connect to remote metastore.</description> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name> <value>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</value> <description>Driver class name for a JDBC metastore</description> </property> <property> <name>javax.jdo.PersistenceManagerFactoryClass</name> <value>org.datanucleus.api.jdo.JDOPersistenceManagerFactory</value> <description>class implementing the jdo persistence</description> </property> </configuration> ... View more