Unable to start Group Replication for instance 'x.xxx.xxx.xxx:3306'. Please check the MySQL server error log for more information.

[eesha81]

i have been trying to do a 3 node innodb cluster install with mysql and i keep getting the following error:

2019-11-13T18:38:04.735562Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-011735] [Repl] Plugin group_replication reported: '[GCS] Error connecting to the local group communication engine instance.' 2019-11-13T18:38:05.800209Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-011735] [Repl] Plugin group_replication reported: '[GCS] The member was unable to join the group. Local port: 33061' 2019-11-13T18:39:04.599509Z 15 [ERROR] [MY-011640] [Repl] Plugin group_replication reported: 'Timeout on wait for view after joining group' 2019-11-13T18:39:04.599604Z 15 [ERROR] [MY-011735] [Repl] Plugin group_replication reported: '[GCS] The member is leaving a group without being on one.' 2019-11-13T18:58:09.0

[hedza06]

@eesha81 Any solutions here?

[hedza06]

@eesha81 did you used ip addresses or host names? Also make sure the ports 33061, 33062 are opened in firewall/iptables.