I don't know anything about openshift, but I would think the normal MySQL
troubleshooting steps apply:
1. Make sure MySQL is listening on all interfaces
2. Make sure your MySQL account accepts connections from the '%' host.
On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:55:07 AM UTC-4, JungHyun Kim wrote:
>
> Hello. I'm now trying to use redhat openshift.
>
> I am struggling access database - mysql-5.1 - which is set via openshift
> cartridge.
> I got admin user(admin), password and database name(we2py).
> So I modified database setting in models/db.py
>
> as
>
> db = DAL('mysql://admin:passw...@web2py-codingday.rhcloud.com/web2py')
>
> But web2py application can't connect to mysql.
>
> OperationalError: (2003, "Can't connect to MySQL server on '
> web2py-codingday.rhcloud.com' (111)")
>
> I think I couldn't understand enough. I am a noob for both web2py and
> openshift.
>
> How can I make web2py connect to database right?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
