Sample script used to Probe HS2 service for availability

hs2Probe.py

import sys
import subprocess
from subprocess import call

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# Edit the variables below to match your environment
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hs2Host = 'localhost'
hs2Port = '10000'
userName = 'root'
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beelineArgs = ['beeline', '-u', 'jdbc:hive2://'+ hs2Host + ':' + hs2Port , '-n' , userName , '-e' , 'show tables' ];
cmd_out, cmd_err = subprocess.Popen(beelineArgs, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
if cmd_out:
        print 'cmd_out\n' + cmd_out