Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

I\'m on a Mac OS Yosemite using Laravel 5.0.

While in my local environment, I run php artisan migrate I keep getting :

Answer 1

in my case, after restarting my server the problem was gone.

exit/close the "php artisan serve" command and

re-run the command "php artisan serve" command.

Answer 2

after config db restart the:

 php artisan serve

If the serve is active before set db config.

Answer 3

Two way to solve it

First way (Not recommended)

Open your database config file (laravel_root/config/database.php) & search for the below code block.

        'host'      => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
        'database'  => env('DB_DATABASE', 'blog'),
        'username'  => env('DB_USERNAME', 'root'),
        'password'  => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),

Change the code block as below

        'host'      => 'yourHostName',
        'database'  => 'YourDatabastName',
        'username'  => 'YoutDatabaseUsername',
        'password'  => 'YourDatabasePassword',

Second way (Recommended by Laravel)

Check your Laravel root there have a file call .env if not exist, look for .env.example, copy/rename it as .env after that the file looks blow !

APP_ENV=local
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=someRandomNumber

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null

Modify the below block as follow

DB_HOST=yourHostName
DB_DATABASE=yourDatabaseName
DB_USERNAME=yourDatabaseUsername
DB_PASSWORD=youPassword

Now it will work fine.

Answer 4

Check your ".env" file in the root folder. is it correct?

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

Answer 5

After change .env with the new configuration, you have to stop the server and run it again (php artisan serve). Cause laravel gets the environment when it's initialized the server. If you don't restart, you will change the .env asking yourself why the changes aren't taking place!!

Answer 6

if you are using php artisan migrate NOT from vagrant box but from host machine then you must define inside the .env the ip of the box 192.168.10.10

and obviously set permission to homestead user from your ip something like

grant all privileges on *.* to 'homestead'@% identified by 'secret';

in .env file

DB_HOST=192.168.10.10
DB_DATABASE=homestead
DB_USERNAME=homestead