This works for me:   beeline !connect jdbc:hive2://your.host:your.port/data_base?mapred.job.queue.name=your_queue_name   After that you can execute your queries in beeline ... View more

Hi Alessio,   I was able to use -ldap and connect to my Kerberized Impala cluster:   impala-shell -i SERVERNAME.DOMAIN.COM:21000 -ldap   You may not have LDAP integration setup or Impala configured for LDAP integration.   I hope this helps. ... View more