Wordpress can't access mySQL
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Linode Staff
Hello,
I have MySQL and phpMyAdmin working fine on my Linode.
I'm trying to create a WordPress instance, but it's stuck at step 1 because it can't access the database.
I'm certain I know the login because I can access it both via command line and phpmyadmin.
What could be blocking access?
1 Reply
Hello,
What I recommend doing is taking a look at the wp-config.php file located in your WordPress site files. If you only see wp-config-sample.php just rename it to wp-config.php.
Once you have located the wp-config.php file take a look at the following lines with a text editor or via sudo nano wp-config.php to make sure that all your database information is correctly entered.
define('DB_NAME
define('DB_USER
define('DB_PASSWORD
define('DB_HOST
As well as well as
define('DB_HOST
To make sure that your database is pointing to the correct IP of the database server.
This article from WordPress may be helpful as well, it explains the wp-config.php in further detail.