I’ve deployed a Laravel application on a CentOS droplet with MySQL. The issue is after I use Laravel tinker or use PHPMyAdmin, I get “Connection refused”. I have to restart MySQL server from SSH.
Any idea what’s the issue here? Thanks in advance.
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Hi there,
Does the MySQL service run fine after you restart it?
If so I could suggest a couple of things:
- Follow the steps here on how to tweak MySQL/MariaDB Configuration for Increased Performance and Stability:
- Check your system logs and MySQL logs to see what is causing MySQL to crash. You can find the logs at the
/var/logdirectory.
As a side note, with all of the recent CentOS changes, I now personally use Ubuntu to host my Laravel applications. Along with this automation script that sets up the whole server for me:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/larasail
Let me know how it goes. Best, Bobby
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