django.db.utils.operationalError: (2059,“Authentication Plugin 'caching_sha2_password'”)

Question

I am trying to connect my django project \'mysite\' to mysql. I made a user in mysql and granted it all privileges to access the project. These are the changes I made to set

Answer 1

The issue is (probably) your (new) version of MySQL.

Starting with version 8.04 MySQL uses caching_sha2_password as default authentication plugin where previously mysql_native_password has been used (which causes compatibility issues with older services that expect mysql_native_password authentication).

Possible solutions:

Downgrade the MySQL Server to a version below that change or change the authentication plugin (on a user basis)

eg when creating the user:

CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';