Access denied for user 'homestead'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

Question

I\'m on a Mac OS Yosemite using Laravel 5.0.

While in my local environment, I run php artisan migrate I keep getting :

Answer 1

When you install Homestead, this creates a default "homestead" database in the VM. You should SSH into the VM homestead ssh and run your migrations from there. If you are working locally with no VM, you'll need to create your database manually. By default, the database should be called homestead, the username is homestead and the password is secret.

check this thread on laracasts or this blog post for more details

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if you are getting

[PDOException] SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory

try changing "host" in the /app/config/database.php file from "localhost" to "127.0.0.1" . you can find more details and other fixes here on this thread.

Also check whether you have specified the correct unix_socket . check this thread .