First error means that Beeswax could not start properly. The cause should show up in the logs. The common solutions are sumed-up here.
About WebHdfs, this was probably not done completely.
Question
We had installed cloudera CDH4.2 using tarball. But when try to launch hue in browser it gives error as Could not connect to localhost:8003.
Further in log file following error appears.
Failed to determine superuser of WebHdfs at http://'localhost':50070/webhdfs/v1/: Traceback (most recent call last):
Can somebody help me .
Regards, Jayendra