Cannot Connect to Database Server mysql workbench

Question

I\'m trying to connect to mysql workbench but I get the following error

Error Message Cannot Connect to Database Server

Your connection attempt failed for us

Answer 1

I faced similar issue and resolved it by following these steps:

1. In the terminal, execute this command mysql -u root -p -h localhost -P 3306
2. Enter the password
3. This will be displayed Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 18 Server version: 8.0.16 Homebrew
4. Now do, ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root';
5. Now you should be able to login and connect to DB in the workbench with password 'root'