Problem:
[root@myserver# innobackupex --defaults-file=./temp.cnf --stream=tar /mysql-backup/ |
> split -d --bytes=1073741824 - /mysql-backup/mysql.backup.test.tar
190327 15:58:01 innobackupex: Starting the backup operation
IMPORTANT: Please check that the backup run completes successfully.
At the end of a successful backup run innobackupex
prints "completed OK!".
190327 15:58:01 version_check Connecting to MySQL server with DSN 'dbi:mysql:;mysql_read_default_group=xtrabackup;mysql_socket=/mysql/data/mysqld.sock' as 'root' (using password: YES).
190327 15:58:01 version_check Connected to MySQL server
190327 15:58:01 version_check Executing a version check against the server...
190327 15:58:01 version_check Done.
190327 15:58:01 Connecting to MySQL server host: localhost, user: root, password: set, port: not set, socket: /mysql/data/mysqld.sock
Failed to connect to MySQL server: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES).
Solution:
The solution to this annoying error is to tell innobackupex to connect to host 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. You can either had "--host=127.0.0.1" to the command or add it into the defaults-file as "host=127.0.0.1".
