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Hello, @tijacque
You can make sure that the database is running before doing another connection attempt from the 3rd party hosting provider.
Make sure to double check the database credentials and also verify that the external host can make outgoing connections on the specified port as well.
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
Hi @tijacque,
The error (2002) Can’t connect to … normally means that there is no MySQL server running on the system or that you are using an incorrect Unix socket file name or TCP/IP port number when trying to connect to the server. You should also check that the TCP/IP port you are using has not been blocked by a firewall or port blocking service.
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html
I will suggest you check with Hostgator and see if there is any firewall blocking this droplet.
For information on Hostgator MySQL database connection issues: https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/troubleshooting-mysql-database-connection-issues
I hope this helps!
Regards, Rajkishore