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Activating the Hive web UI

The HiveServer2 GUI/ web UI does not display active client connections after enabling Kerberos, which leads to a Kerberos ticket not being issued for a browser client.

HiveServer2 GUI/ web UI does not display active client connections after enabling Kerberos when SPENGO authentication is disabled.

  1. In Cloudera Manager, go to Clusters > Hive-on-Tez > Configuration.
  2. Search for HiveServer2 Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety valve) for hive-site.xml
  3. Click and add the property hive.server2.webui.spnego.keytab and value hive.keytab
  4. Click and add the property hive.server2.webui.spnego.principal and value HTTP/_HOST@[***REALM NAME***]
  5. Click and add the property hive.server2.webui.use.spnegoand value true
  6. Click and add the property hive.users.in.admin.roleand value [***USERNAME1,USERNAME2,…***]
  7. Save changes, and restart Hive-on-Tez. The Hive Web UI shows active client connections.