[HIVE-14063] beeline to auto connect to the HiveServer2

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: Beeline
• Labels: TODOC2.2
• Assignee: Vihang Karajgaonkar
• Reporter: Vihang Karajgaonkar
• Created: 20/Jun/16 22:23
• Updated: 21/Mar/18 21:12
• Resolved: 17/Oct/16 17:09

Description

Currently one has to give an jdbc:hive2 url in order for Beeline to connect a hiveserver2 instance. It would be great if Beeline can get the info somehow (from a properties file at a well-known location?) and connect automatically if user doesn't specify such a url. If the properties file is not present, then beeline would expect user to provide the url and credentials using !connect or ./beeline -u .. commands

While Beeline is flexible (being a mere JDBC client), most environments would have just a single HS2. Having users to manually connect into this via either "beeline ~/.propsfile" or -u or !connect statements is lowering the experience part.

Issue Links

• relates to: HIVE-18963 JDBC: Provide an option to simplify beeline usage by supporting default and named URL for beeline
• links to: Review board