Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded

Question

I am connecting MySQL - 8.0 with MySQL Workbench and getting the below error:

Authentication plugin \'caching_sha2_password\' cannot be loaded: dlop

Answer 1

Here is the solution which worked for me after MySQL 8.0 Installation on Windows 10.

Suppose MySQL username is root and password is admin

Open command prompt and enter the following commands:

cd C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin

mysql_upgrade -uroot -padmin

mysql -uroot -padmin

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'admin'