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ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

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Hello;

I need help, all my sites are down because MYSQL has refused to start…..

when i run mysql restart/status

> ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

for 3 days now i have been having high memory usage

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I would suggest checking out the disk space on your Linode. When you don't have anymore free space, MySQL will refuse to start, and is a likely culprit to this.

You can use commands to check such as:

df -h

df -i

Kill all current mysql process and try to start

@iserversupport:

Kill all current mysql process and try to start

Thanks, i now use nginx and mariadb

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