Error establishing database connection

Hello, @chandrandivya90

First, you can ensure that the MySQL service is up and running:

sudo systemctl status MySQL

You can double-check the database credentials in the wp-config.php file and make sure that they are added correctly in the file, e.g no blank spaces or typos.

It’s worth attempting to connect to the database from the command line, just to make sure. Copy and paste the details right from the config file into the following command:

mysqlshow -u database_username -p

You’ll be prompted for a password. Paste it in and press ENTER. If you get an Access denied error, your username or password is incorrect.

You can also double-check the site files/folders permissions and ownerships. to set the correct permissions on the WordPress directories and files:

sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;

Another thing to check is the salt and key values in the wp-config.php file. More information can be found in our tutorial here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-a-lamp-stack

Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex

Hi there @chandrandivya90,

It sounds like that your MySQL service might not be up and running. In order to start it you need to first SSH to your Droplet as per the instructions here:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/

After that try to start the MySQL service:

systemctl start mysql

Let me know how it goes! Regards, Bobby