By willjackson
I installed Wordpress on an Apache server, but when I go to the index.php file with my web browser, expecting to see the GUI for setting up WP, I get “Error establishing a database connection”. Can anyone point me in the right direction for straightening this out?
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Hi @willjackson,
Have you configured the WordPress website’s Database? You’ll need to create an empty database, a database user and a password for that user. Once you do, when installing WordPress, you’ll need to put this information in the wizard. This should help with the problem.
If you let us what process you followed and when exactly you experienced the problem, we should be able to give you a more detailed response.
Hello, @willjackson
If you’re installing WordPress manually you can check our tutorial on How To Install WordPress on Ubuntu 20.04 with a LAMP Stack
You’ll need to create a database and database user in step one and then complete the installation through the Web Interface
Also, you can quickly deploy a WordPress droplet using our Marketplace app:
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/wordpress
Regards, Alex
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