# Database connection refused

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/database-connection-refused/56435>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [January 2, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/database-connection-refused/56435 "2022-01-02T20:09:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon35534244](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon35534244/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon35534244](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon35534244)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/database-connection-refused/56435/1 "2022-01-02T20:09:03Z")

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### Username (e.g. epiz\_XXX) or Website URL

[gattufamily.com](http://gattufamily.com)

### Error Message

Database Connection failed. Connection refused.

### Other Information

Navigating to [gattufamily.com](http://gattufamily.com) is showing me a database connection refused error. Please help.

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**Author:** ![wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/wackyblackie/32/43350_2.png) [@wackyblackie](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/wackyblackie)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/database-connection-refused/56435/2 "2022-01-02T20:24:17Z")

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> [@General Error Forums](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/general-error-forums/56417/2):
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> If you had searched the internet, you would have found that this means that a connection with the database could not be created. This is possibly because of a database being down, but it appears that has been resolved. Can you share your website and the SQL cluster you’re on? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![anon35534244](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon35534244/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@anon35534244](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon35534244)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/database-connection-refused/56435/3 "2022-01-03T01:06:42Z")

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It looks like the database has been recovered to normal state. Website is working now.

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/database-connection-refused/56435/4 "2022-01-10T01:07:26Z")

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Closed on January 10, 2022, 1:07am UTC

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