[afnog] Database error

[Johan Bernhardsson]

check permissions on the socket file. 
check that mysql is running as it should. 
double check settings in zabbix.

Most probably the webuser or the user that zabbix runs as cant write or
read from that socket.

/Johan


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On Mon, 2015-09-07 at 09:58 +0200, Nabil Badri wrote:
> I am running Centos and installed Zabbix in a VM . Currently when I
> try to access the frontend of zabbix I get the following:
> 
> Database error
> Error connecting to database:
> can't connect to local Mysqlserver through socket
> '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
> 
> I have no idea what to do about this error message (as I am a centos),
> and would appreciate some help.
> 
> thank u
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