⚠ The DataGalaxy Hive connector plugin has been removed from the list of supported connectors end of June 2025.
Two main reasons for this:If you're already using the Hive connector plugin, you can continue using it at your own risk. But it will not be updated anymore (including regarding vulnerabilities) and the support team won't be able to help you if you encounter issues.
- The Hive plugin is based on the open source Hive version. Most of our customers using Hive are using a commercial distribution and this plugin is not compatible because of differences between open source and editors' JDBC drivers.
- Using the open source library brings a lot of other dependencies from the open source world, which are not updated frequently enough regarding vulnerabilities. As a result, they don't respect our security rules so we can't keep these libraries embedded in our solution anymore.
If you want a secure solution for gathering metadata from Hive metastore, we recommend to use the advanced JDBC mode of the connector and to provide the up-to-date Hive JDBC driver corresponding to the version of Hive you use: either the open source version or the one provided by your editor.
This article describes how Hive connector works.
This connector is available in the following modes:
| Desktop mode ✅ | SaaS Online mode ❌ |
Connector scope
The extracted objects and their correspondences are detailed in the following table:
Hive Object | DataGalaxy Object |
| Schema | Model (Container) |
| Table | Table (Structure) |
| Column | Column |
Step 1 : Installation
- Download DataGalaxy connector from the portal (see here)
- Extract the connector archive in the directory of your choice
- Download the Hive plug-in from the portal and copy it into the /lib directory of the connector
Step 2 : Run Hive connector
- After starting the connector, access to Dictionary connectors:
- If it has been correctly installed, the Hive plug-in appears in the list
- The following information is requested:
Hive Plugin 
Hive Kerberos Plugin 
| Parameter | Mandatory | Description |
| Server | Yes | Hive server name |
| Port | Yes | |
| Instance | No | |
| User (Hive) | Yes | |
| Password (Hive) | Yes | |
| Principal (Hive Kerberos) | Yes | Principal's name Kerberos |
| Keytab path (Hive Kerberos) | Yes | Path to Keytab file |
| Advanced mode | No | Option to customize the JDBC URL used during the connection |
Technical information
The Hive connector uses the JDBC driver (version 3.1.2) historically provided by HortonWorks, more information available here : https://docs.cloudera.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.5.6/bk_data-access/content/hive-jdbc-odbc-drivers.html
Releases
connector Hive
| Date | Plugin Version | DataGalaxy release | Desktop Connector version (minimum) | Description |
| 21/05/2025 | 3.0.6 | v3.171.3 | 5.5.13 | CVE fix |
| 28/08/2024 | 3.0.3 | v3.70.0 | 5.2.6 | CVE fix |
| 26/07/2024 | 3.0.2 | v3.62.0 | 5.0.3 | Dependency order fix |
| 09/07/2024 | 3.0.1 | v3.56.2 | 5.0.1 | JDBC driver loading fix |
| 09/07/2024 | 3.0.0 | v3.56.2 | 5.0.1 | Migrated from java 11 to java 17 + CVE fixes |
connector Hive kerberos
| Date | Plugin Version | DataGalaxy release | Desktop Connector version (minimum) | Description |
| 21/05/2025 | 3.0.3 | v3.171.3 | 5.5.13 | CVE fix |
| 26/07/2024 | 3.0.1 | v3.62.0 | 5.0.3 | Dependency order fix |
| 16/07/2024 | 3.0.0 | v3.59.0 | 5.0.1 | Migrated from java 11 to java 17 + CVE fixes |