# innobackupex issue adding node to new cluster

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-issue-adding-node-to-new-cluster/4411>\
**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [September 22, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-issue-adding-node-to-new-cluster/4411 "2015-09-22T21:08:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-issue-adding-node-to-new-cluster/4411/1 "2015-09-22T21:08:37Z")

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I’m having an issue on a centos7 host creating a cluster. I have wsrep\_sst\_auth set properly in my.cnf however when the joiner is started the doner sees this:

mysql error log:

```auto
WSREP_SST: [INFO] Streaming the backup to joiner at 192.168.125.134 4444 (20150922 22:25:37.629)
WSREP_SST: [INFO] Evaluating innobackupex --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --defaults-group=mysqld --no-version-check $tmpopts $INNOEXTRA --galera-info --stream=$sfmt $itmpdir 2>${DATA}/innobackup.backup.log | socat -u stdio TCP:192.168.125.134:4444; RC=( ${PIPESTATUS[&#64;]} ) (20150922 22:25:37.631)
WSREP_SST: [ERROR] innobackupex finished with error: 1. Check /var/lib/mysql//innobackup.backup.log (20150922 22:25:37.740)
WSREP_SST: [ERROR] Cleanup after exit with status:22 (20150922 22:25:37.741)

```

innobackup.backup.log:

```auto
150922 22:25:37 innobackupex: Connecting to MySQL server with DSN 'dbi:mysql:;mysql_read_default_file=/etc/my.cnf;mysql_read_default_group=xtrabackup;mysql_socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' as 'sstuser' (using password: NO).
innobackupex: got a fatal error with the following stacktrace: at /usr//bin/innobackupex line 3011.
main::mysql_connect('abort_on_error', 1) called at /usr//bin/innobackupex line 1570
innobackupex: Error: Failed to connect to MySQL server: DBI connect(';mysql_read_default_file=/etc/my.cnf;mysql_read_default_group=xtrabackup;mysql_socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock','sstuser',...) failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (13) at /usr//bin/innobackupex line 2995.

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I’ve scoured the internet and all the advice I’ve found is to make sure the password is set correctly… my problem is when innobackupex on the joiner connects to the doner it isn’t using a password… which I can’t find a solution for.

Any ideas?

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**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innobackupex-issue-adding-node-to-new-cluster/4411/2 "2015-09-23T03:09:16Z")

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Can you connect MySQL manually with credentials set for sstuser in wsrep\_sst\_auth parameter ? Can you please try to set password for sstuser and retry.I’m not sure If sst works with passwordless user for wsrep\_sst\_auth parameter. Also, show us my.cnf file contents on donor and joiner.