Title: Error establishing a database connection – Duplicator Plugin
Last modified: February 12, 2020

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# Error establishing a database connection – Duplicator Plugin

 *  Resolved [dennylanga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennylanga/)
 * (@dennylanga)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-duplicator-plugin/)
 * Hi,
    I was migrating the wp site from the shared hosting to vps. In the first
   step of deploying via using Duplicator, i got overwrite install warning.
 * After that, i got an Error establishing a database connection.
 * with Regards,
    Dinesh

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-duplicator-plugin/#post-12432641)
 * Hey [@dennylanga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennylanga/),
 * Thanks for the feedback! There are a few items in the FAQ that may provide a 
   solution to this issue, this one may get you going.
 *     – I get an error/warning about permissions what should I do?
        – [https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/faqs-tech/#faq-trouble-055-q](https://snapcreek.com/duplicator/docs/faqs-tech/#faq-trouble-055-q)
 * Let me know if this helps~

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 * Last reply from: [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-duplicator-plugin/#post-12432641)
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