Openmrs not connecting with DB.

Thank you for such a quick response @dkayiwa My SQL version is: 8.0.21

And which OpenMRS version are you running?

I believe i am running OpenMRS 2.5.0

I was able to downgrade mySQL using Docker however the issue still persists:

Unable to create the database. The password might be incorrect or the database is not started. ???Error executing sql: create database if not exists ? default character set utf8 - Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.???

I am running mySQL 2.5.0. Ubuntu 20.0.4. OpenJDK version 1.8.0_265. Apache Maven 3.6.3

@shayyan Drop the database and delete the runtime properties file.

It might come in handy if you don’t know where the properties file is -> how to access the runtime properties file.

@achilep i couldn’t locate the file at /usr/share/Tomcat9/.OpenMRS so i couldn’t delete it. Also, during the OpenMRS Core 2.5.0 set up, it mentions that the runtime properties file being used is from "/home/shayyan/.OpenMRS/openmrs-runtime.properties However, i checked and there is no runtime properties file in this location and therefore the following error is being produced. https://hastebin.com/ayopacowep.csharp

Also, i am using Port 8181 if that makes any difference. Port 8080 is taken and it won’t let successfully run just mvn jetty:run. I have to use mvn -Djetty.port=8181 jetty:run

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@shayyan try with mysql 5.6 or 5.7

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https://hastebin.com/ayopacowep.csharp

@shayyan this link is empty. please can you use https://pastebin.com ?

@shayyan i think Mysql 8x is not yet supported ,

like @herbert24 showed

5.6 or 5.7 should work fine .

If you want MySQL 8, you can use the openmrs platform 2.4 branch

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I am having difficulty completing this step: https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Step+6+-+Configure+OpenMRS. I’m not sure what the cause of my error is, but every time I try to complete the steps from that link I get the following error:

Unable to create the database. The password might be incorrect or the database is not started. ???Error executing sql: create database if not exists ? default character set utf8 - Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.???

I have tried all three installation options (simple, advanced, and testing) but have not been successful on any. Based on what I read from this issue above, I have also downgraded my mySQL version. Now I have the following specifications:

  • mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.49
  • OpenMRS Core 2.5.0
  • tomcat 8.5.58
  • mvn 3.6.3

I am working on a windows device, but through Ubuntu 20.04. I’ve double checked and my mySQL is active. I appreciate any help or suggestions!

i dont think we have openmrs 2.5.0 yet,we are on OpenMRS_Platform_2.4.0-alpha.2 which runs with mysql 8 ie the latest version of mysql.get the alpha here OpenMRS - Browse /prereleases/OpenMRS_Platform_2.4.0-alpha.2 at SourceForge.net or switch to mysql 5.7 version

@dedrickt Can you post the OpenMRS log file to pastebin.com or a similar site. Usually there’s a buried exception with more detail on what, exactly, failed.

Thank you both for your responses!

@ibacher I’m not sure what log file you are referring to. I have located an openmrs.log file in the directory /git/openmrs-core/webapp, but when I opened the file, there was no content. I will keep looking to see if I can identify a reason for that.

@herbert24 Originally I had mySQL version 8, but downgraded to 5.6 because that was recommended in the developer installation guide. I’m also not sure how I ended up with the wrong OpenMRS version. I can try to download the one from the link you sent and will let you know if it works!

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ping me incase you still have challenges and i help you via call @dedrickt

Thank you @herbert24! I spoke with Jessie (whom you met with for a similar error) and tried to walk through the process you two did. I installed the openmrs-sdk, but when I run:

mvn openmrs-sdk:run

I get a build failure and it says: [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.openmrs.maven.plugins:openmrs-sdk-maven-plugin:3.13.6:run (default-cli) on project openmrs: Execution default-cli of goal org.openmrs.maven.plugins:openmrs-sdk-maven-plugin:3.13.6:run failed: Failed running Tomcat -> [Help 1] [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginExecutionException

If this isn’t something that is easy to fix via messages, I would be happy to call, I appreciate your offer!

paste the full logs here,https://pastebin.com/ i cant get any thing from the link you shared here

Yes, sorry. Here is the link https://pastebin.com/SniqTpWR

in your logs are you able to see this line The JDK 14.0.2 is not compatible with OpenMRS Platform 2.3.2. -> [Help 1]?

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