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UNIX socket support missing for MySQL

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
mysql, php
Domain
cli, databases

Research direction

Start with config.php and reproduce the occ backup:point:create failure using the reported MySQL setup, then trace how the backup command handles the database host. Done means a MySQL UNIX socket configuration works for backup point creation without the reported connection error, with coverage for that configuration.

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Description

3. to review bug

Running Nextcloud 28.0.1 on a TrueNAS Core jail. Installed using freenas-iocage-nextcloud script.

I have configured external storage to another nextcloud instance, and app data is on default.
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When I run occ backup:point:create, this is what I'm getting:

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config.php has the DB set up as:
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I read through a handful of other issues here, and people mentioned fixing the issue by setting the db host from 127.0.0.1 to localhost (among the solutions). I don't really see how it would be applicable to my situation.

Has anyone with my setup found a solution?

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