Error Cannot connect to the SQL Server on Ubuntu from SSMS - installing mssql on linux

Question

Itried installing MSSQL Server on Linux but I got the following error:

Cannot connect to the SQL Server on Ubuntu from SSMS

Answer 1

Hey @Rajni,

Verify if the server is running on the Ubuntu machine by running the command:

sudo systemctl status mssql-server

Comments

It's not running

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Start the service using the following command:

sudo systemctl start mssql-server

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Thanks, It seems to be working fine now. Will let you know if face other issues.