By Steve Lack
I received the following error:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ (111)
So after restarting the server and trying to figure out what was going on I tried reinstalling mysql with this: apt-get install mysql-server
Then I restarted apache and still keep getting the same error message.
What could be causing this? Can anyone point me in the right direction to trouble shoot this issue?
Thanks!
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I have a new droplet and experienced this both times I shut it down. I just tried entering the console and inputting sudo service mysql restart. For me, this worked immediately.
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