title: MySQL Workbench - Connect to a Localhost
body: <p>I just installed MySQL Workbench and there are no connections available for my localhost server.  When I try to make one, I get an error popup. Has anyone experienced something like this before and would be able to help me out?</p>
  
  <p>Here is what it looks like on start up:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NBeTY.png" alt="MySQL home page"></p>
  
  <p>And if I try to make a connection myself it shows this:
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jKDJG.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Any help would be much appreciated - thanks!</p>