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Wordpress Error - "Error Establishing Connection"

Posted October 27, 2020 618 views
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Hello,

I just launched a droplet of $5 for my new wordpress blog. i was customizing it and one error continuously appearing.

Website has no content but still it shows the following error

“Error Establishing Connection”

how to solve this?

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oasysdigital October 27, 2020

Its “Error Establishing Database Connection”

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dikshith October 27, 2020

Hey @oasysdigital

From what I understand is that when you attempted to load your WordPress site you’re getting a message stating “Error establishing a database connection” the cause is most often one of the following:

  • The database has crashed, often due to the server running out of memory
  • The database login credentials are incorrect in your WordPress configuration
  • The WordPress database tables have been damaged

Also, you can refer to the tutorial link below:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-debug-the-wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection

Regards,

Dikshith

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oasysdigital October 27, 2020

Hi Thanks for reply Dikshit

I tried to run few commands but it shows error

like when I run the command

sudo netstat -plt

it says

sudo: netstat: command not found

am i doing right?

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SmallAquamarineFish October 27, 2020

The error itself is simply telling you it cannot connect to the assuming local mysql server?

You want to ensure the DB server is actually running, you can usually do this via SSH and simply type in mysqladmin -u root -p status, if its running then you should get a prompt, otherwise it will error out telling you the DB server is not running.

If it is running then you will want to check you WP-config to see what DB server / port it’s looking at. Ensure the username and password are working as well.

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alexdo October 29, 2020

Hello, @oasysdigital

I will recommend you to double check the database details from the wp-config.php file and also make sure that MySQL/MariaDB is running as well.

Also make sure to double check our existing tutorial on how to troubleshoot this error on your droplet.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-debug-the-wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Alex

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