Using MySQL with Django - Access denied for user '@'localhost

Question

So I\'m learning Django (1, 3, 1, \'final\', 0) through this resource: http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter05/

I installed \'mysql-server\' and \'python-mysqldb\

Answer 1

Your user does not have an access to database. Use the commands below to set up your database.

DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `mydb`;
CREATE DATABASE `mydb`
    DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
    DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

USE 'mysql';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mydb.* TO 'mydb_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password'

WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Also, you need to have enough privileges to run it. Save it as script.sql then,

$mysql -u root -p < script.sql

Than on to settings.py where you need to make sure your db settings are set up properly

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'mydb',                  
        'USER': 'mydb_user',             
        'PASSWORD': 'your_password',                  
        'HOST': '',                     
        'PORT': '',                      
    }
}

and

python manage.py syncdb

and you're done.