It seems that there are issues with the newest MySQL version, I can connect to MySQL database using MySQL workbench, but when I try to connect via Pentaho PDI, I get this error.
Unable to load authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password'.
It seems that many people are having issues with current version of MySQL:
I have found this link below: Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded
Just wondering if anyone has encountered this issue with Pentaho PDI, and what are the possible solutions.