Ruby on Rails 3 Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' on OSX

Question

I have a standard Rails3 environment, RVM 1.2.9, Rails 3.0.5, Ruby 1.9.2p180, MySQL2 Gem 0.2.7, mysql-5.5.10-osx10.6-x86_64

Error I get when running rake db:m

Answer 1

Your mysql server may not be running. Below explains how to start the server. This is an excerpt from the README file that comes with the mysql download.

After the installation, you can start up MySQL by running the following commands in a terminal window. You must have administrator privileges to perform this task.

If you have installed the Startup Item, use this command:

 shell> sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start
 (ENTER YOUR PASSWORD, IF NECESSARY)
 (PRESS CONTROL-D OR ENTER "EXIT" TO EXIT THE SHELL)

If you don't use the Startup Item, enter the following command sequence:

 shell> cd /usr/local/mysql
 shell> sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
 (ENTER YOUR PASSWORD, IF NECESSARY)
 (PRESS CONTROL-Z)
 shell> bg
 (PRESS CONTROL-D OR ENTER "EXIT" TO EXIT THE SHELL)

Answer 2

I found that the problem is that I only have a production environment. I do not have a development or test environment.

By adding 'RAILS_ENV=production' to give the command

bundle exec rake redmine:plugins:migrate RAILS_ENV=production

it worked

Answer 3

If you are running MYSQL through XAMPP or LAMPP on Ubuntu or other Linux, try:

socket: /opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock

Answer 4

If you are running MYSQL through XAMPP:

1. Open XAMPP mysql configuration file (on OSX):

   /Applications/XAMPP/etc/my.cnf

2. Copy the socket path:

   socket = /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

3. Open rails project's database configuration file: myproject/config/database.yml

4. Add the socket config to the development database config:

-->

development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: difiuri_falcioni
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password:
  host: localhost
  socket: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

5. Restart rails server

Enjoy :)

Answer 5

First, to find your socket file:

mysqladmin variables | grep socket

For me, this gives:

| socket                                            | /tmp/mysql.sock                                                                                                        |

Then, add a line to your config/database.yml:

development:
  adapter: mysql2
  host: localhost
  username: root
  password: xxxx
  database: xxxx
  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

Answer 6

These are options to fix this problem:

Option 1: change you host into 127.0.0.1

staging:
  adapter: mysql2
  host: 127.0.0.1
  username: root
  password: xxxx
  database: xxxx
  socket: your-location-socket

Option 2: It seems like you have 2 connections into you server MySql. To find your socket file location do this:

mysqladmin variables | grep socket

for me gives:

mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!

or

mysql --help 

I get this error because I installed XAMPP in my OS X Version 10.9.5 for PHP application. Choose one of the default socket location here.

I choose for default rails apps:

socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

For my PHP apps, I install XAMPP so I set my socket here:

socket: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/var/mysql/mysql.sock

OTHERS Socket Location in OS X

For MAMPP:

socket: /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

For Package Installer from MySQL:

socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

For MySQL Bundled with Mac OS X Server:

socket: /var/mysql/mysql.sock

For Ubuntu:

socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock

Option 3: If all those setting doesn't work you can remove your socket location:

staging:
  # socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysql.sock

I hope this help you.