XF 1.1 All of the sudden, a MySQL error

[Akela]

All of the sudden, every page in my forum is giving the following error:

An exception occurred: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home1 ... /forum/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Mysqli.php on line 333
Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli->_connect() in Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php at line 315 Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->getConnection() in XenForo/Application.php at line 553 XenForo_Application->loadDb() in XenForo/Application.php at line 780 XenForo_Application->lazyLoad() in XenForo/Application.php at line 810 XenForo_Application::get() in XenForo/Application.php at line 1098 XenForo_Application::getDb() in XenForo/Error.php at line 47 XenForo_Error::unexpectedException() in XenForo/Application.php at line 295 XenForo_Application::handleException()

No one was working on the database or making any changes. Is this something I need to worry about or is this just my server acting up temporarily?

 

[Akela]

It was just the server having a moody moment. *phew*. That was creepy.

 

[HWS]

You may have hit the max_connections setting of your MySQL server. It doesn't hurt to inspect and optimize my.ini

 

[Akela]

You may have hit the max_connections setting of your MySQL server.

The max_connections limit error looks different (just saying max limit reached), that's why I worried here for a bit.

It doesn't hurt to inspect and optimize my.ini

I am on a shared host, so I have no control over the max MySQL connections limit.... Or did you mean something else?

 

[Jake Bunce]

That error means the MySQL server was down. Maybe the server was being restarted. It's only a concern if the error persists in which case you need to contact your host. This is not a connection limit error.