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<h4>1. When encoutered with the error "failed to connect to server", what can I do?</h4>
<h4>1. When encountered with the error "failed to connect to server", what can I do?</h4>
<p>The client may encounter connection errors. Please follow the steps below for troubleshooting:</p>
<ol>
<li>On the server side, execute <code>systemctl status taosd</code> to check the status of <em>taosd</em> service. If <em>taosd</em> is not running, start it and retry connecting.</li>
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["name","created_time","ntables","vgroups","replica","quorum","days","keep0,keep1,keep(D)","cache(MB)","blocks","minrows","maxrows","wallevel","fsync","comp","cachelast","precision","update","status"],"data":[],"rows":0}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["name","created_time","ntables","vgroups","replica","quorum","days","keep0,keep1,keep(D)","cache(MB)","blocks","minrows","maxrows","wallevel","fsync","comp","cachelast","precision","update","status"],"column_meta":[["name",8,32],["created_time",9,8],["ntables",4,4],["vgroups",4,4],["replica",3,2],["quorum",3,2],["days",3,2],["keep0,keep1,keep(D)",8,24],["cache(MB)",4,4],["blocks",4,4],["minrows",4,4],["maxrows",4,4],["wallevel",2,1],["fsync",4,4],["comp",2,1],["cachelast",2,1],["precision",8,3],["update",2,1],["status",8,10]],"data":[],"rows":0}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","speed"],"data":[["2017-12-25 21:28:41.022",1]],"rows":1}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","speed"],"column_meta":[["ts",9,8],["speed",4,4]],"data":[["2017-12-25 21:28:41.022",1]],"rows":1}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","speed"],"data":[["2017-12-25 21:28:41.022",1]],"rows":1}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","speed"],"column_meta":[["ts",9,8],["speed",4,4]],"data":[["2017-12-25 21:28:41.022",1]],"rows":1}@ then
system_content curl -u root:taosdata -d 'select * from db.sys_cpu_d_bbb_lga_1_web01' 127.0.0.1:7111/rest/sql/
print $system_content
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","value"],"data":[["2012-09-05 20:00:00.000",18.000000000]],"rows":1}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","value"],"column_meta":[["ts",9,8],["value",7,8]],"data":[["2012-09-05 20:00:00.000",18.000000000]],"rows":1}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","value"],"data":[["2012-09-05 20:00:00.000",18.000000000],["2012-09-05 20:00:05.000",18.000000000]],"rows":2}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","value"],"column_meta":[["ts",9,8],["value",7,8]],"data":[["2012-09-05 20:00:00.000",18.000000000],["2012-09-05 20:00:05.000",18.000000000]],"rows":2}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","value"],"data":[["2012-09-05 20:00:00.000",8.000000000],["2012-09-05 20:00:05.000",9.000000000]],"rows":2}@ then
if $system_content != @{"status":"succ","head":["ts","value"],"column_meta":[["ts",9,8],["value",7,8]],"data":[["2012-09-05 20:00:00.000",8.000000000],["2012-09-05 20:00:05.000",9.000000000]],"rows":2}@ then
