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

If you are getting this error on GitLab CI like me: Just change from latest to 5.7 version ;)

# .gitlab-ci.yml

rspec:
  services:
    # - mysql:latest (I'm using latest version and it causes error)
    - mysql:5.7 #(then I've changed to this specific version and fix!)