Veridata 23c Installation Issue (Doc ID 3073354.1)

Last updated on MARCH 06, 2025

Applies to:

Symptoms

The Veridata 23c installation process encountered an error during the "Running the configuration assistant" step.

The error indicates a failure to connect to the MySQL repository database, which is required for the installation.

The specific error message is: "SEVERE: Exception when executing job. SEVERE: Communications link failure."

The installation guide suggests that the MySQL repository should be installed as per the documentation: https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/goldengate/veridata/23/gvdug/installing-and-running-oracle-goldengate-veridata.html

Log files indicate the following error stack:

INFO: Connecting to MySQL. The jdbc url is jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306?allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true&useSSL=false
INFO: Connecting to MySQL. The username is root
SEVERE: Exception when executing job.
SEVERE: Communications link failure

Cause

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