Our MySQL configuration has changed recently, so if you try to use MySQL in SSH and receive the error “Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock“, you should make sure that MySQL is connecting to the server via TCP. When using the MySQL command line client, this should be the default anyway, so if you encounter this error make sure that you don’t have a custom my.cnf file overriding the protocol setting.

If you’re trying to use Django from SSH (e.g. syncdb or the Python shell), you’ll need to change the DATABASE_HOST setting to “127.0.0.1″. This can be changed back once you’re finished working in SSH. ]]> http://blog.valcato.com/2009/accessing-mysql-in-ssh/feed/ 0 http://blog.valcato.com/2007/php-mysql/ http://blog.valcato.com/2007/php-mysql/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:54:15 +0000 Adam http://www.valcatohosting.com/blog/?p=54 Recently we upgraded both PHP and MySQL to version 5, allowing us to offer our customers the very latest features available. PHP 5, which we had previously offered alongside PHP 4, offers developers improved object-oriented programming features and XML-handling functions, among other things. MySQL 5 includes performance enhancements, improved accuracy for mathematical operations and other enhancements.

This upgrade should not cause any disruption, however some older scripts may be incompatible and will need to be upgraded. Any customers requiring assistance with this should contact us via the Support page.