Apache Zeppelin - Zeppelin tutorial failed to create interpreter - Connection refused - apache-spark

Question

I am trying to test Zeppelin 0.6.2 with a Spark 2.0.1 installed in a Windows Server 2012.
I started the Spark master and tested the Spark Shell.
Then I configured the following in the conf\zeppeling-env.cmd file:
set SPARK_HOME=C:\spark-2.0.1-bin-hadoop2.7
set MASTER=spark://100.79.240.26:7077
I have not set the HADOOP_CONF_DIR and SPARK_SUBMIT_OPTIONS (that is optional according to the documentation)
I checked the values in the Interpreter configuration page and the spark master is Ok.
When I run the Zeppelin tutorial --> "Load data into table" note I am getting a connection refused error. Here is part of the messages in the error log:
INFO [2016-11-17 21:58:12,518] ({pool-1-thread-11} Paragraph.java[jobRun]:252) - run paragraph 20150210-015259_1403135953 using null org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.LazyOpenInterpreter#8bbfd7
INFO [2016-11-17 21:58:12,518] ({pool-1-thread-11} RemoteInterpreterProcess.java[reference]:148) - Run interpreter process [C:\zeppelin-0.6.2-bin-all\bin\interpreter.cmd, -d, C:\zeppelin-0.6.2-bin-all\interpreter\spark, -p, 50163, -l, C:\zeppelin-0.6.2-bin-all/local-repo/2C3FBS414]
INFO [2016-11-17 21:58:12,614] ({Exec Default Executor} RemoteInterpreterProcess.java[onProcessFailed]:288) - Interpreter process failed {}
org.apache.commons.exec.ExecuteException: Process exited with an error: 255 (Exit value: 255)
at org.apache.commons.exec.DefaultExecutor.executeInternal(DefaultExecutor.java:404)
at org.apache.commons.exec.DefaultExecutor.access$200(DefaultExecutor.java:48)
at org.apache.commons.exec.DefaultExecutor$1.run(DefaultExecutor.java:200)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
ERROR [2016-11-17 21:58:43,846] ({Thread-49} RemoteScheduler.java[getStatus]:255) - Can't get status information
org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterException: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.ClientFactory.create(ClientFactory.java:53)
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.ClientFactory.create(ClientFactory.java:37)
at org.apache.commons.pool2.BasePooledObjectFactory.makeObject(BasePooledObjectFactory.java:60)
at org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool.create(GenericObjectPool.java:861)
at org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:435)
at org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:363)
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.RemoteInterpreterProcess.getClient(RemoteInterpreterProcess.java:189)
at org.apache.zeppelin.scheduler.RemoteScheduler$JobStatusPoller.getStatus(RemoteScheduler.java:253)
at org.apache.zeppelin.scheduler.RemoteScheduler$JobStatusPoller.run(RemoteScheduler.java:211)
Caused by: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:187)
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.ClientFactory.create(ClientFactory.java:51)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(DualStackPlainSocketImpl.java:79)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:339)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:200)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:172)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:579)
at org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket.open(TSocket.java:182)
... 9 more
ERROR [2016-11-17 21:58:43,846] ({pool-1-thread-11} Job.java[run]:189) - Job failed
org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterException: org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.InterpreterException: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.RemoteInterpreter.init(RemoteInterpreter.java:165)
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.remote.RemoteInterpreter.getFormType(RemoteInterpreter.java:328)
at org.apache.zeppelin.interpreter.LazyOpenInterpreter.getFormType(LazyOpenInterpreter.java:105)
at org.apache.zeppelin.notebook.Paragraph.jobRun(Paragraph.java:260)
at org.apache.zeppelin.scheduler.Job.run(Job.java:176)
at org.apache.zeppelin.scheduler.RemoteScheduler$JobRunner.run(RemoteScheduler.java:328)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$201(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:292)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
In the Zeppelin logs there is only one file for zeppelin, the interpreter is an external Spark installation, which is not logging any error because it is never reached by the interpreter process.
I read some suggestion about the max and min memory of the JVM but I could not fix it yet.
Any comment will be appreciated.
Paul