Change Auth Type of User in DO MySQL Managed Database

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Hi all,

Currently diving into the world of Kubernetes and thought I’d set up a managed database on Digital Ocean while I’m at it. I’ve set up Ghost no problem, and am trying to get it to use a MySQL database rather than it’s default SQLite. So I’ve entered in my host and credentials for my DO database cluster but get the following error when trying to start Ghost: ER_NOT_SUPPORTED_AUTH_MODE: Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client

From what I’ve read Ghost doesn’t support the new authentication in MySQL 8. From what I understand I would need to change the authentication type for my MySQL user from caching_sha2_password to mysql_native_password or mysql_old_password. Is this possible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

bobbyiliev August 23, 2019

Hello,

What you could do is just create a new user with mysql_native_password. To do that you could use the following:

CREATE USER 'your_user'@your_server_ip IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'your_password';

Or you could adjust this for your current user with:

ALTER USER myuser IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'mypassword';

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Bobby

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awildeocean August 24, 2019

Hi Bobby,

Thanks for your reply! Just to confirm, is it possible to use the MySQL command line create a user when using the Digital Ocean Database Clusters as it appears user and database creation is suggested as being done through the DO web ui.

Thanks!
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- bobbyiliev August 26, 2019
  
  Hi @awildeocean,
  
  Yes in case that you need mysql_native_password you could create your new user via the MySQL command line and it would work just fine.
  
  Hope that this helps!
  Regards,
  Bobby
  
  Reply Report
  
  awildeocean August 26, 2019
  
  Excellent, all sorted many thanks!
  
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andrejGWA July 23, 2020

Hello,

This solution is not working for me.
PHP 7.0.33
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- bobbyiliev July 23, 2020
  
  Hi there @andrejGWA,
  
  Make sure to upgrade the PHP version to 7.2 or above and this would work.
  
  Hope that this helps!
  Regards,
  Bobby
  
  Reply Report

Answer 2

awildeocean August 24, 2019

Hi Bobby,

Thanks for your reply! Just to confirm, is it possible to use the MySQL command line create a user when using the Digital Ocean Database Clusters as it appears user and database creation is suggested as being done through the DO web ui.

Thanks!
Reply Report
- bobbyiliev August 26, 2019
  
  Hi @awildeocean,
  
  Yes in case that you need mysql_native_password you could create your new user via the MySQL command line and it would work just fine.
  
  Hope that this helps!
  Regards,
  Bobby
  
  Reply Report
  
  awildeocean August 26, 2019
  
  Excellent, all sorted many thanks!
  
  Reply Report
andrejGWA July 23, 2020

Hello,

This solution is not working for me.
PHP 7.0.33
Reply Report
- bobbyiliev July 23, 2020
  
  Hi there @andrejGWA,
  
  Make sure to upgrade the PHP version to 7.2 or above and this would work.
  
  Hope that this helps!
  Regards,
  Bobby
  
  Reply Report

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