# Caching\_sha2\_password

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/caching-sha2-password/19099>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 4, 2018, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/caching-sha2-password/19099 "2018-08-04T07:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/caching-sha2-password/19099/2 "2018-08-04T22:47:57Z")

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At the very least you have to install a newer JDBC driver for MySQL 8. I'm not sure if there's anything else needed.

> [@MySQL 8.0 Connection](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-8-0-connection/17848):
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> Anyone install MySQL 8.0 and connect with Ignition? I get an error when I attempt. Wondering if maybe the java MySQL driver needs to be updated to work… org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (java.lang.ClassCastException: java.math.BigInteger cannot be cast to java.lang.Long) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:1225) at org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:880) a…

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