Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket because Access denied - mysql

Question

I am trying to get a coverage report in GitHub Actions
but when I run the pipeline I gives me this error:
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Then I search around add added the sudo mysql start service and now I get this error, but I don't know were or have to write mit -root -password and the -host?
Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost' (using password: YES)")
how do I do that?
name: Django CI
on:
push:
branches: [ unittests ]
paths-ignore: '**/SkoleProtocol/attendanceCode/tests/test_selenium.py'
pull_request:
branches: [ unittests ]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
max-parallel: 4
matrix:
python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v2
- name: Set up Python 3.7
uses: actions/setup-python#v2
with:
python-version: 3.7
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
- name: Create test database
run: |
sudo service mysql start
- name: Coverage report
run: |
pip install coverage
coverage run manage.py test
coverage report
- name: Lint with flake8
run: |
pip install flake8
flake8 ./attendanceCode --exit-zero # Exit with status code "0" even if there are errors.
- name: Django Tests
run: |
python3 manage.py test

Answer 1

Two things that stand out.
Do you happen to have the credentials in an env file else where?
- name: Create test database
run: |
sudo service mysql start
You just happen to start the service rather than creating the database.
Try:
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start // To start the service
mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE __dbname__;"