Getting 'The installer cannot connect to the database.' when trying to configure database.
Hi,
New to Umbraco, after having experimented with both Joomla and Drupal for a bit. I am attempting to run Umbraco on localhost via Cassini, but when I get to the databse configuration step I get this error message:
'Database connection initialisation failed. The installer cannot connect to the database.'
I've checked out the other posts relating to this error, but they haven't seemed very helpful.
I have both MySQL and MSSQLExpress installed, and both are running as Windows services. What I don't see is a VistaDB option, even though I have the vistadb folder under build/data.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling both MySQL and MSSQL, and resetting users and passwords, but I always get this error.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions as to how to proceed.
Christopher
P.S: I am running Umbraco 4.5.1 for .NET 3.5, on XP.
- Is the MSSQL server configured correctly for Umbraco (tcp/ip and pipeline config)? I assume you have checked that you can log in with your custom sql user using management studio?
- Has the sql user the necessary permissions for the Umbraco db?
- Has the Application Pool user permission to write to the web.config file?
Getting 'The installer cannot connect to the database.' when trying to configure database.
Hi,
New to Umbraco, after having experimented with both Joomla and Drupal for a bit. I am attempting to run Umbraco on localhost via Cassini, but when I get to the databse configuration step I get this error message:
'Database connection initialisation failed. The installer cannot connect to the database.'
I've checked out the other posts relating to this error, but they haven't seemed very helpful.
I have both MySQL and MSSQLExpress installed, and both are running as Windows services. What I don't see is a VistaDB option, even though I have the vistadb folder under build/data.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling both MySQL and MSSQL, and resetting users and passwords, but I always get this error.
Many thanks in advance for any suggestions as to how to proceed.
Christopher
P.S: I am running Umbraco 4.5.1 for .NET 3.5, on XP.
Hi Christopher,
here is a good deal of information about the installation process if you haven't come across it yet: http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/install-and-setup.
Things you might want to check out:
- Is the MSSQL server configured correctly for Umbraco (tcp/ip and pipeline config)? I assume you have checked that you can log in with your custom sql user using management studio?
- Has the sql user the necessary permissions for the Umbraco db?
- Has the Application Pool user permission to write to the web.config file?
Hope that helps,
Sascha
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