Unable to run mariaDB server on Debian based VM (Virtualbox)

Asked Mar 23 '20 at 16:02

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When I try to run mysql in my debian based virtual machine I get the next output:

user@host:~$ mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000):Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'(2)

I also tried:

user@host:~$ sudo mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000):Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'(2)

Also:

root@host:~$ mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000):Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'(2)

I tried looking for the next configuration files in order to determine the socket:

/etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf /var/lib/mysql/my.cnf

None of these showed any socket configuration. MySQL is installed by default in this distribution.

user@host:~$ mysql --version mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.3.22-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2

edited Mar 23 '20 at 16:10

RiggsFolly

asked Mar 23 '20 at 16:02

Western_Hero

You need to forward the port see https://stackoverflow.com/a/10076989/5193536 – nbk Mar 23 '20 at 16:06
And if you are getting a version of mariaDB then its not MySQL – RiggsFolly Mar 23 '20 at 16:10
Try `sudo service --status-all` to see if MySQL (or MariaDB) is running. – halfer Apr 06 '20 at 22:12

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