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Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

error occurs after the command python manage.py syncdb

deleted-user-1180037 | 15 posts | Feb. 19, 2016, 10:48 a.m. | permalink

That's because you haven't specified the host to connect to correctly in the DATABASES setting. Look on the Databases tab for the details that you need to connect to your database.

Staff glenn | 9498 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Feb. 19, 2016, 11:24 a.m. | permalink