https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Error-Connecting-Sqoop-to-MySQL/m-p/312161#M225020 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>can you check the mysql driver version compatibility with your mysql server version ?&nbsp;<A href="https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/connector-j-versions.html" target="_blank">MySQL :: MySQL Connector/J 8.0 Developer Guide :: 2 Connector/J Versions, and the MySQL and Java Versions They Require</A>&nbsp;,</P><P>That particular error from your logs :</P><LI-CODE lang="markup">com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Could not create connection to database server. java.lang.RuntimeException: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Could not create connection to database server.</LI-CODE><P>Then you might need to use different version of mysql driver thats compatible with your mysql server.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Best Regards,&nbsp;</P> Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:31:15 GMT tarekabouzeid91 2021-02-26T15:31:15Z