This is the bug (AMBARI-21492): https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-21492 Another simple workaround is to download the file, stuff it somewhere on a web server and edit the MYSQL_JAR_URL_PATH in this file: /usr/hdf/current/registry/bootstrap/bootstrap-storage.sh If you're super lazy, this can work too: yum install httpd -y # Installs the Apache HTTP Server. apachectl start # Starts it. # You can optionally use the jar brought by 'yum install mysql-connector-java', if it's up to date, to pack it into a format the script expects: # mkdir /tmp/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40 # cp /usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar /tmp/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40-bin.jar # cd /tmp # zip /tmp/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40/ mysql-connector-java-5.1.40.zip cp <wherever>/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40.zip /var/www/html/ # Based on environment, this one's for RHEL/Centos. vi /usr/hdf/current/registry/bootstrap/bootstrap-storage.sh # MYSQL_JAR_URL_PATH=http://yourserver/mysql-connector-java-5.1.40.zip ... View more