Wildfire not connecting to MySQL during setup

Hello,

I just installed Wildfire 2.4.4 and created a MySQL DB for it.

When I try to set it up over the Webpage, it can’'t find my MySQL Server.

I used this during the DB setup:

com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/wildfire

I even tried it with the DNS name, but the same:

A connection to the database could not be made. View the error message by opening the “/logs/error.log” log file, then go back to fix the problem.

I use JRE 1.5.0_06-b05 on a SuSE 9.3 machine.

The MySQL Version is 4.1.10a

Can anybody help me with this problem ?

Here is what I have in my error.log:

2006.02.07 18:23:32 [org.jivesoftware.database.ConnectionPool.(ConnectionPool.java:108)] Failed to create new connections on startup. Attempt 0 of 3

com.mysql.jdbc.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure due to underlying exception:

  • BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION **

java.net.SocketException

MESSAGE: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

STACKTRACE:

java.net.SocketException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused

at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.java:156)

at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.(ConnectionPool.java:85)

at org.jivesoftware.database.DefaultConnectionProvider.start(DefaultConnectionProv ider.java:83)

at org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.setConnectionProvider(DbConnectio nManager.java:351)

at org.jivesoftware.wildfire.admin.setup.setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp._js pService(setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp.java:194)

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:94)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:688)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:427)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:822)

at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:11 8)

at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.jivesoftware.util.LocaleFilter.doFilter(LocaleFilter.java:43)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.jivesoftware.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingF ilter.java:41)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.jivesoftware.admin.AuthCheckFilter.doFilter(AuthCheckFilter.java:98)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler. java:494)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:569)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationContext.handle(WebApplicationContext.ja va:624)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1434)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:896)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:814)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:981)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:831)

at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:244)

at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:366)

at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)

  • END NESTED EXCEPTION **

Last packet sent to the server was 1 ms ago.

at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:2621)

at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.(ConnectionPool.java:85)

at org.jivesoftware.database.DefaultConnectionProvider.start(DefaultConnectionProv ider.java:83)

at org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager.setConnectionProvider(DbConnectio nManager.java:351)

at org.jivesoftware.wildfire.admin.setup.setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp._js pService(setup_002ddatasource_002dstandard_jsp.java:194)

at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:94)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:688)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:427)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:822)

at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:11 8)

at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.jivesoftware.util.LocaleFilter.doFilter(LocaleFilter.java:43)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.jivesoftware.util.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingF ilter.java:41)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.jivesoftware.admin.AuthCheckFilter.doFilter(AuthCheckFilter.java:98)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(WebApplica tionHandler.java:813)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationHandler.dispatch(WebApplicationHandler. java:494)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:569)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)

at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.WebApplicationContext.handle(WebApplicationContext.ja va:624)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1434)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:896)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:814)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:981)

at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:831)

at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:244)

at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:366)

at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)

I know my problem (which took me about 4 hours to figure out) was simply due to the fact the MySQL user I was trying to connect with didin’'t have the right host configured. Make sure the user has localhost or % (which I believe is any).

The user has localhost configured, so it must be something different

what user name & password are you using for MySQL?

default is root with no password. This is not related to the unix login password.

The DB has his own User + Pass.

It has nothing to do with the MySQL Server, Username or Password.

I can login with no problem.

What else could I check ?

Another JRE Version ?

Another Wildfire version ?

Hi,

can you connect to mysql using a short java application which uses jdbc? Are you using the right IP and port while trying to connect?

Currently I’'m not aware of a short program (would be < 100 lines of code) to test this.

LG

I try to find a test java application.

I don’'t use IP, I use localhost.

The port is also the right one.

I had the same problem but I resolved mine by:

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/wildfire - Did NOT work

jdbc:mysql://server.com:3306/wildfire - Worked!

Also the guide here is great for Debian users:

http://www.jivesoftware.org/community/thread.jspa?messageID=116842&#116842