Here are some of the errors you face while setting up kerberos enabled hadoop 1) Be sure to validate your ticket and keytab file. Ticket Validation: klist Output: Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_1001 Default principal: zookeeper/localhost@EXAMPLE.COM Valid starting       Expires              Service principal 2017-05-22T18:40:52  2017-05-23T04:40:52  krbtgt/EXAMPLE.COM@EXAMPLE.COM renew until 2017-05-29T18:40:52 Keytab validation: kinit...

For YARN,add following properties in yarn-site.xml: <!-- resource manager secure configuration info --> <property>   <name>yarn.resourcemanager.principal</name>   <value><PRINCIPAL></value> </property> <property>   <name>yarn.resourcemanager.keytab</name>   <value><KEYTAB_PATH></value> </property> <!-- remember the principal for the node manager is the principal for the host this...

1) Add following properties in hdfs-site.xml <!-- NameNode security config --> <property>   <name>dfs.namenode.keytab.file</name>   <value><KEYTAB_PATH></value> <!-- path to the HDFS keytab --> </property> <property>   <name>dfs.namenode.kerberos.principal</name>   <value><PRINCIPAL></value> </property> <property>   <name>dfs.datanode.keytab.file</name>  ...