mysql.socket file missing using Local by Flywheel

Hi MailPoet,

When installing the plugin locally using Local by Flywheel, I get the message “MailPoet Error: Unable to connect to the database (the database is unable to open a file or folder), the connection is likely not configured correctly. Please read our Knowledge Base article https://kb.mailpoet.com/article/200-solving-database-connection-issues for steps how to resolve it.”

> I tried the solution 1 but it didn’t fix the problem.

> I went through the solution 2 but I can’t find the file mysql.sock.

When I open the php.ini file, it says:

[Pdo_Mysql]
pdo_mysql.default_socket = “{{mysql.socket}}”
pdo_mysql.default_port = {{mysql.port}}

So this is my understanding that the filename should be mysql.socket in my case rather than mysql.sock.

But still, I can’t find this file on my computer (I searched inside Local\resources\extraResources\lightning-services\mysql-8.0.16+3 as well as in the folder of my local site).

Could you shed some light on this for me?

Thanks a lot!

• This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by dearfrench.