Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) when trying to connect

[Nick-B]

We had another Linux Mint user with the same issue here recently in case this is helpful in troubleshooting:

Has anyone been able to get Site Domains working on Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon?

Thanks for your report, logs and the steps you’ve tried so far, @alonsodude. If libcap2-bin is installed on your system (Local’s installer should have added it for you), Local will attempt to run setcap on the nginx binary after checking with getcap if that’s needed; you shouldn’t need to do it manually, but it’s great that you’ve confirmed with getcap that capabilities seem correct. Do you have AppArmor or anything else that might restrict services on port 80? sudo aa-status should tell you …

If you need to stay on Localhost would the workaround options help out for now?