| Issue description |
|---|
| How to troubleshoot it |
| How to fix it |
| Cannot connect to database |
|---|
| Check if mysqld is running and if the ports are available on the localhost and from the host you try to connect from. |
| Check load on database server using top |
| Check the ports using nmap -Pn localhost |
| Check the ports from remote using nmap -Pn databasehost |
| Check the logging less /var/log/mysql.log |
| Fixing |
| Restart mysql service service mysqld restart |