# Ignition 8 with MySQL 8, updateding the .jar with GW not running

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [November 1, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-with-mysql-8-updateding-the-jar-with-gw-not-running/29610 "2019-11-01T20:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![asullivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@asullivan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/asullivan)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-with-mysql-8-updateding-the-jar-with-gw-not-running/29610/1 "2019-11-01T20:25:00Z")

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I am working on Ignition 8 using MySQL 8 with an older jar version, so SQL wasn’t working. Before figuring out I needed the latest jar version I did a restart of my system. When windows came back up I am unable to get to the web service. It just spins saying Gateway starting. Looking into the wrapper log:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/a/a9e377b4903bc5ef2ebe9e174603e75162ede811.png) ![wrapper%20log](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/f/ffeaa4d55808952b0b9122dee770eb992086af76.jpeg)

From other posts it sounds like it could be because of the old jar version. I have downloaded the latest however the instructions i have seen on here talks about going to the GW configuration to install the new jar. Unfortunately I can not get into the GW since all it does is spin. If it is the jar that is the root cause, how can I install it so I can get into the GW?

If not being able to get into the GW is NOT due to the jar, does anyone have any other ideas.

Thanks,  
Al

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-with-mysql-8-updateding-the-jar-with-gw-not-running/29610/2 "2019-11-01T20:39:50Z")

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You’ll need to access the jar file in the install directory of the gateway’s filesystem since the gateway isn’t starting up. You can find the JDBC drivers in the `user-lib/jdbc` folder of your install directory. Replacing the old driver with a new one should allow for gateway startup.

There is a bug ticket in our backlog to better handle this type of failure so that the gateway will continue to start up, but I don’t have a definitive ETA on when it will be fixed.

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**Author:** ![asullivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@asullivan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/asullivan)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-with-mysql-8-updateding-the-jar-with-gw-not-running/29610/3 "2019-11-01T20:58:34Z")

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Thank you very much James, that took care of the issue. And I now I also have connections to MySQL 8.