> Okay, this seems to have to do with characters acting as wildcards in the password itself. This is in the .env file:
I don't know what library you are using for managing your configuration but perhaps it interprets $n as an environment variable called n and substitutes the value (which will be empty, in general). On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 5:58 AM Lawrence Krubner <lawre...@virtalabs.com> wrote: > Okay, this seems to have to do with characters acting as wildcards in the > password itself. This is in the .env file: > > vvv*8Ezr30R%$n?L5! > > but printlin in the Clojure code outputs: > > vvv*8Ezr30R%?L5! > > The "$n" simply vanishes. > > Why is that? This is not a regular expression. I didn't think plain > strings in Clojure would be interpreted like this. > > Or is this how bash interprets it? > > > > > On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 8:06:56 AM UTC-5 Lawrence Krubner wrote: > >> So, as a new way to test this, I've ssh'ed to an EC2 instance that is in >> the same VCP as the RDS database. I upload my jar file so I can run it on >> this EC2 instance. >> >> println the hash map at startup: >> >> {:dbtype mysql, :dbname pulsedata, :user pulseuser, :password xxxx, :host >> pulse-data.cclr8stksfch.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com} >> This gets me the above error. But if I copy and paste the values and use >> them with the mysql client: >> >> mysql -u pulseuser -h pulse-data.cclr8stksfch.us-west-2.rds.amazonaws.com >> -p pulsedata >> >> I am able to log in. This is in the same terminal window: the MySQL >> client, at the command line in my terminal, logs me into MySQL, but "java >> -jar user.jar" in the same terminal window gives me this error, about me >> being rejected. I am copying and pasting the same values for user and host >> and password. >> >> It has to be something about the Clojure code. >> >> >> On Friday, March 4, 2022 at 6:35:59 AM UTC-5 ore...@orestis.gr wrote: >> >>> The error message indicates that you connect with user `pulseuser` - is >>> that the expected user? >>> >>> I would print out the configuration that you’re passing in to jdbc.next >>> to be absolutely certain it contains the values you expect it does. >>> >>> When you say “cli”, do you mean a mysql client? Double check the >>> credentials (dbname, user, password) that *it* uses. >>> >>> Best, >>> Orestis >>> >>> On 4 Mar 2022, at 13.27, Lawrence Krubner <lawr...@virtalabs.com> wrote: >>> >>> But, again, I can connect from the cli using my terminal. I'm using my >>> Spectrum connection to the Internet in both cases. If I run the app on my >>> laptop, or I connect from the terminal, using the CLI, then in all cases >>> I'm connecting over my Spectrum connection to the Internet. If MySQL was >>> going to block one, then it would block the other, yes? I think the issue >>> must have something to do with the Clojure code, since that is the only >>> difference. I mean, if I do "java -jar user.jar" in the same terminal >>> window, it fails, but then in that same terminal window I can connect to >>> RDS without a problem using the CLI. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 3:26:31 PM UTC-5 red...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> That is a message from MySQL, not next.jdbc. >>>> >>>> MySQL allows you to grant permissions to a user base on the host they >>>> are connecting from so permission denied kinds of errors include the >>>> username and the host the users connection came from. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2022, 11:18 Lawrence Krubner <lawr...@virtalabs.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just wrote a small app that needs to connect to a MySQL app. I was >>>>> running it on my laptop, connecting to MySQL on the laptop, and everything >>>>> was working fine. Then I wanted to connect to one of our test databases in >>>>> RDS in AWS. I've a simple function that finds the environment variables >>>>> and >>>>> returns them as a map: >>>>> >>>>> (defn get-config >>>>> [] >>>>> (check-config) >>>>> { >>>>> :dbtype "mysql" >>>>> :dbname (System/getenv "DATABASE_NAME") >>>>> :user (System/getenv "DATABASE_USER") >>>>> :password (System/getenv "DATABASE_PASSWORD") >>>>> :host (System/getenv "DATABASE_HOST") >>>>> }) >>>>> >>>>> This is used simply: >>>>> ds (jdbc/get-datasource (get-config)) >>>>> >>>>> I've checked the environment values several times and they are >>>>> correct. But when the code tries to write to the RDS database, I get: >>>>> >>>>> *java.sql.SQLException*: *Access denied for user >>>>> 'pulseuser'@'cpe-74-71-234-49.nyc.res.rr.com >>>>> <http://cpe-74-71-234-49.nyc.res.rr.com/>' (using password: YES)* >>>>> >>>>> I am connecting to the Internet through Spectrum, and apparently " >>>>> rr.com" is Spectrum. I'm confused, why would next.jdbc use this info? >>>>> Did I forget some important value in the hash map? >>>>> >>>>> From my laptop, I can reach the RDS database using the MySQL CLI, so >>>>> there are no problems with connectivity. I whitelisted the IP address of >>>>> my >>>>> house. 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