I encountered the same problem. Has your problem been solved?   2020-12-17T18:09:45,274 INFO [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:stop(913)) - Shutting down HiveServer2 2020-12-17T18:09:45,274 INFO [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:stop(925)) - Web UI has stopped 2020-12-17T18:09:45,276 ERROR [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:stop(944)) - Error removing znode for this HiveServer2 instance from ZooKeeper. java.lang.NullPointerException: null at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.removeServerInstanceFromZooKeeper(HiveServer2.java:677) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.stop(HiveServer2.java:942) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.startHiveServer2(HiveServer2.java:1090) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.access$1700(HiveServer2.java:135) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2$StartOptionExecutor.execute(HiveServer2.java:1341) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.main(HiveServer2.java:1185) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:318) [hadoop-common-3.1.1.3.0.1.0-187.jar:?] at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:232) [hadoop-common-3.1.1.3.0.1.0-187.jar:?] 2020-12-17T18:09:45,276 INFO [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:stopOrDisconnectTezSessions(890)) - Stopping/Disconnecting tez sessions. 2020-12-17T18:09:45,276 WARN [main]: server.HiveServer2 (HiveServer2.java:startHiveServer2(1100)) - Error starting HiveServer2 on attempt 1, will retry in 60000ms org.apache.hive.service.ServiceException: Failed to Start HiveServer2 at org.apache.hive.service.CompositeService.start(CompositeService.java:80) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.start(HiveServer2.java:706) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.startHiveServer2(HiveServer2.java:1073) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.access$1700(HiveServer2.java:135) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2$StartOptionExecutor.execute(HiveServer2.java:1341) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.server.HiveServer2.main(HiveServer2.java:1185) [hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_241] at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.run(RunJar.java:318) [hadoop-common-3.1.1.3.0.1.0-187.jar:?] at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:232) [hadoop-common-3.1.1.3.0.1.0-187.jar:?] Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to init thrift server at org.apache.hive.service.cli.thrift.ThriftBinaryCLIService.initServer(ThriftBinaryCLIService.java:162) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.cli.thrift.ThriftCLIService.start(ThriftCLIService.java:216) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.CompositeService.start(CompositeService.java:70) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] ... 11 more Caused by: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Unsupported authentication type KERBEROS at org.apache.hive.service.auth.HiveAuthFactory.getAuthTransFactory(HiveAuthFactory.java:168) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.cli.thrift.ThriftBinaryCLIService.initServer(ThriftBinaryCLIService.java:72) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.cli.thrift.ThriftCLIService.start(ThriftCLIService.java:216) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] at org.apache.hive.service.CompositeService.start(CompositeService.java:70) ~[hive-service-3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187.jar:3.1.0.3.0.1.0-187] ... 11 more ... View more