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

In MySql 8.0 the default authentication plugin is 'caching_sha2_password', which causes authentication plugin issues(error 2059), one can create a new user in the MySql workbench and setting there Authentication to be standard.