SOLVED... I hadf a misconfiguration of /etc/hosts still. I fixed this error last night with @till 's advice about adding the ipv6 to the /etc/hosts file But now it's back... this time with the external vhost for my IP... correct me if my terminology is wrong but here is the server.sh output from slave Code: root@daniel-san:~# /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh 19.09.2018-20:25 - WARNING - There is already a lockfile set, but no process running with this pid (14966). Continuing. PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 80 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 Zugriff auf Datenbankserver fehlgeschlagen! / Database server not accessible!PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 PHP Warning: mysqli_ping() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, null given in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 196 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 198 DB::query -> reconnectUnable to load the server configuration from database.PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 80 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 PHP Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'ispcsrv3'@'cpe-174-105-101-49.columbus.res.rr.com' (using password: YES) in /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/classes/db_mysql.inc.php on line 83 Zugriff auf Datenbankserver fehlgeschlagen! / Database server not accessible! I'm not sure how to avoid this. Maybe it has something to do with the way I configured my DNS zones? or which server I should point this at in which /etc/hosts. I would assume since it's my external vhost (again correct me if I'm using the wrong term) I should point this to my first server "miyagi". Obviously in both instances of /etc/hosts But why/where does it keep grabbing these users from? I believe it also has to do with the artifact of not being able to get a static ipv6 lease. I posted that in the Linux Install/configuration section. So if these two are related, I'd be interested to know.
You can just use ipv4 without ipv6, if ipv6 is the problem, but I don't think that was your problem. Check and test your public ipv4 and ipv6 before you set them in your /etc/hosts.