To start HiveServer2:
$ sudo service hive-server2 start
To stop HiveServer2:
$ sudo service hive-server2 stop
To confirm that HiveServer2 is working, start the beeline CLI and use it to execute a SHOW TABLES query on the HiveServer2 process:
$ /usr/lib/hive/bin/beeline beeline> !connect jdbc:hive2://localhost:10000 username password org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver 0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:10000> SHOW TABLES; show tables; +-----------+ | tab_name | +-----------+ +-----------+ No rows selected (0.238 seconds) 0: jdbc:hive2://localhost:10000>