Connection time out error when trying to connect Node App on app platform to a managed database?

Posted on April 19, 2022
DigitalOcean App Platform MySQL Node.js
Asked by Efe Imoloame

Hey, so I’m using digital ocean for the first time and I’m working to deploy a node app on app platform and connecting to a mySQL database.

I’m having issues connecting the app to the managed database. I get this error

[2022-04-19 16:15:25] Error: connect ETIMEDOUT [2022-04-19 16:15:25] at PoolConnection._handleTimeoutError (/workspace/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection.js:189:17) [2022-04-19 16:15:25] at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:554:17) [2022-04-19 16:15:25] at processTimers (internal/timers.js:497:7) { [2022-04-19 16:15:25] errorno: ‘ETIMEDOUT’, [2022-04-19 16:15:25] code: ‘ETIMEDOUT’, [2022-04-19 16:15:25] syscall: ‘connect’, [2022-04-19 16:15:25] fatal: true [2022-04-19 16:15:25] } [2022-04-19 16:15:25] Done in 13.29s.

I’ve seen that in this question: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/error-connect-etimedout-10-108-0-2-xxxxx

This could be caused by the fact that a port is not opened. How can I open this on app platform?

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