Error establishing a database connection Amazon EC2 - after moving my wordpress blog

Question

I am getting the error: \"error establishing a database connection\" after moving my wordpress blog to Amazon EC2. I\'ve checked the wp-config.php file and settings are ok (loca

Answer 1

I'm not sure which distribution your using so here's how I generally solve these types of issues.
1. install a program called nmap (it scans ports) 2. run 'nmap localhost' (replace localhost with whichever server is running your database if its not local) 3. check to see if your database(mysql) is running

If not, then do something to the effect of 'services mysqld restart' (this will restart the mysql daemon). If this fixes it, then look into have that service autostart. If you get an error with that command than you may not have mysql installed.