can't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
# Start your mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql startcan't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
# Start your mysql server
/etc/init.d/mysql startcan't connect to local mysql server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
# this saved my ass
# first you must perform a graceful shutdown of the server from the command line rather than powering off the server
shutdown -h now
# an additional method for getting it back up again when you run into this problem is to move mysql.sock
# to centos
mv /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock.bak
# to ubuntu
mv /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock.bak
# restart mysql
service mysqld startERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock' (2) Ask
## ERROR 2002 (HY000):
## Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
#### Follow below steps and you good to go... ####
sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-{version_number}
##version_number should be mysql version number installed
## Now try login in mysql shell
sudo mysql -u root -phow to connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
#/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sockCopyright © 2021 Codeinu
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