# Database connectivity issue

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connectivity-issue/73018>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connectivity-issue/73018 "2023-04-28T12:29:14Z")\
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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:** [April 28, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connectivity-issue/73018/3 "2023-04-28T12:34:54Z")

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It sounds like you’re connecting to an ancient version of SQL Server that doesn’t support at least TLS 1.2.

See [Error connection SQL Server database after upgrade Ignition - #2 by Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-connection-sql-server-database-after-upgrade-ignition/53281/2) and [https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417310204813-TLS-v1-0-and-v1-1-Microsoft-SQL-Server-Database-connection-issue](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417310204813-TLS-v1-0-and-v1-1-Microsoft-SQL-Server-Database-connection-issue)

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