Apache Hive uses a separate metadata store (Derby, by default) to store all of its metadata. When you set up Hive, you need to provide these details. There are multiple ways through which one can connect to Apache Hive. One well-known interface is through the Apache Ambari Web Interface for Hive, as shown in the following screenshot:
Apache Hive provides a Hive shell, which you can use to run your commands, just like any other SQL shell. Hive's shell commands are heavily influenced by the MySQL command line interface. You can start Hive's CLI by running Hive from the command line and ...
