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MariaDB Can't connect to local server through socket '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111)
ID: 367
Category: MariaDB Database
Added: 20th of December 2023
Views: 1,028
After logging in to MariaDB I received the following error
Can't connect to local server through socket '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111)
To resolve this issue you probably just need to start mysql server by entering the following command in the terminal
sudo service mysql start
To check the status of MariaDB enter the following command in the terminal
sudo service mysql status
To stop MariaDB server enter the following command in the terminal
sudo service mysql stop
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