title: Connecting to Teradata using teradatasql module in Python
body: <p>I am trying to connect to Teradata using teradatasql module in Python. The code is running fine on localhost, but once deployed on the server as part of the server code, it is throwing the error.</p>
  
  <p>the code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import teradatasql
  try:
      host, username, password = 'hostname', 'username', '****'
      session = teradatasql.connect(host=host, user=username, password=password, logmech="LDAP")
  
  except Exception as e:
      print(e)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error I am getting on server:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>[Version 16.20.0.60] [Session 0] [Teradata SQL Driver] Failure receiving Config Response message header↵ at gosqldriver/teradatasql.
        (*teradataConnection).makeDriverError TeradataConnection.go:1101↵ at gosqldriver/teradatasql.
        (*teradataConnection).sendAndReceive TeradataConnection.go:1397↵ at gosqldriver/teradatasql.newTeradataConnection TeradataConnection.go:180↵ at gosqldriver/teradatasql.(*teradataDriver).
        Open TeradataDriver.go:32↵ at database/sql.dsnConnector.Connect sql.go:600↵ at database/sql.(*DB).conn sql.go:1103↵ at database/sql.
        (*DB).Conn sql.go:1619↵ at main.goCreateConnection goside.go:275↵ at main.
        _cgoexpwrap_212fad278f55_goCreateConnection _cgo_gotypes.go:240↵ at runtime.call64 asm_amd64.s:574↵ at runtime.cgocallbackg1 cgocall.go:316↵ at runtime.cgocallbackg cgocall.go:194↵ at runtime.cgocallback_gofunc asm_amd64.s:826↵ at runtime.goexit asm_amd64.s:2361↵Caused by read tcp IP:PORT->IP:PORT: wsarecv: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host</p>
  </blockquote>