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MySQL -Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
I currenty have a LAMP, running on Ubuntu 14.04, yesterday everything was fine, but today my MYSQL is not working.
When i try to connect via
mysql -u root -p
I get the error: ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ (2)
the Mysql.err file is completely empty, and have absolute no ideia about what to do.
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If you are creating a droplet from snapshot, then make sure to update the
bind-addressfield with the new ip address.Update the
bind-addressfield with new ip address then runI had the same problem and i solved it restarting the mysql server.
derek_tgm’s reply fixed the problem. I had copied a droplet and couldn’t start MySQL, and had the same error message. Increasing the server resources fixed it for me.