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Failing to start the server .

Balakumar90 — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:18:24 GMT

Hello Team ,

After installation when i try to start the server using service cloudera-scm-server start

I get the below error

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Could not load requested class : com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.

What should i do to rectify ?

bgooley — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:07:01 GMT

Hello,

It sounds as if CM cannot locate the mysql connector. Check out the following:

Specifically this section may be useful:

"Installing the MySQL JDBC Connector"

Cheers,

Ben