title: Unable to start fresh wiki.js install on my virtual server
body: <p>I am trying to install the latest wiki.js version 2.5.170 on my standalone virtual machine running Centos 7</p>
  <p><a href="https://docs.requarks.io/install/linux" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.requarks.io/install/linux</a></p>
  <p>Nodejs is also the latest.</p>
  <pre><code>[root@server101 wiki]# node -v
  v14.0.0
  </code></pre>
  <p>DB block in the config.yml file:</p>
  <pre><code>db:
    type: mariadb    
    # PostgreSQL / MySQL / MariaDB / MS SQL Server only:
    host: localhost
    port: 3306
    user: myuser_wiki
    pass: xxxxxx
    db: myuser_wiki
    ssl: false
  
    # Optional - PostgreSQL / MySQL / MariaDB only:
    # -&gt; Uncomment lines you need below and set `auto` to false
    # -&gt; Full list of accepted options: https://nodejs.org/api/tls.html#tls_tls_createsecurecontext_options
    sslOptions:
      auto: true
      # rejectUnauthorized: false
      # ca: path/to/ca.crt
      # cert: path/to/cert.crt
      # key: path/to/key.pem
      # pfx: path/to/cert.pfx
      # passphrase: xyz123
  
    # SQLite only:
    # storage: path/to/database.sqlite
  </code></pre>
  <p>When starting it up:</p>
  <pre><code>[root@server101 wiki]# node server
  Loading configuration from /home/myuser/wiki/config.yml... OK
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.126Z [MASTER] info: =======================================
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.129Z [MASTER] info: = Wiki.js 2.5.170 =====================
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.129Z [MASTER] info: =======================================
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.129Z [MASTER] info: Initializing...
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.928Z [MASTER] info: Using database driver mysql2 for mariadb [ OK ]
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.933Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.950Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:57:57.950Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 1 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:00.954Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:00.958Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:00.958Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 2 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:03.962Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:03.968Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:03.968Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 3 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:06.970Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:06.975Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:06.975Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 4 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:09.979Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:09.981Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:09.982Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 5 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:12.983Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:12.988Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:12.988Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 6 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:15.992Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:15.996Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:15.996Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 7 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:18.999Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:19.002Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:19.002Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 8 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:22.006Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:22.008Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:22.009Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 9 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:25.013Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:25.020Z [MASTER] error: Database Connection Error: ER_HOST_NOT_PRIVILEGED undefined:undefined
  2020-11-08T12:58:25.020Z [MASTER] warn: Will retry in 3 seconds... [Attempt 10 of 10]
  2020-11-08T12:58:28.023Z [MASTER] info: Connecting to database...
  2020-11-08T12:58:28.033Z [MASTER] error: Database Initialization Error: Host '127.0.0.1' is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server
  </code></pre>
  <p>I checked connecting to the DB(using the same info given on config.yml) through CLI and it connects fine.</p>
  <p>What am I missing here?.</p>