Question
How to reset database cluster
- Posted on March 10, 2025
- MySQL
Asked by 76f156267a594eb19a71f2583b33ea
I keep running up against the following error: “Failed to create connection pool: 1040 (08004): Too many connections”. In the DigitalOcean MySQL DB dashboard, how do I reset database connections / reset my database cluster. Thanks,
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Heya,
First, I suggest you find the source of those connections. Are they connections that were not closed properly, or do you have a lot of connections to your application?
If it’s the first, until you fix the problem, these connections will continue to appear and stay open. Only after that is done, you can be considered looking at the connections.
If your application has a lot of traffic, thus creating a lot of DB connections, then you’ll need to consider upgrading.
As for the connections they should clear automatically once they timeout.