export HIVE_HOME=/usr/local/hive-1.2.1
export PATH=$HIVE_HOME/bin:$KAFKA_HOME/bin:$HBASE_HOME/bin/:$ZOOKEEPER_HOME/bin:$HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin/:$HADOOP_HOME/bin:$HADOOP_HOME/sbin:$PATH

cd /usr/local/hive-1.2.1/conf/
cp hive-default.xml.template hive-site.xml
cp hive-log4j.properties.template hive-log4j.properties

创建配置文件hive-site.xml这个文件的配置会覆盖hive-default.xml，这个
文件重要用来配置mysql存放元数据

vim hive-site.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="configuration.xsl"?>
<configuration>
<property>
   <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name>
   <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hive?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true</value>
</property>
<property>
   <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name>
   <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
</property>
<property>
   <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName</name>
   <value>hive</value>
</property>
<property>
   <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword</name>
   <value>hive</value>
</property>
</configuration>