# Failed to launch service

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/failed-to-launch-service/393>\
**Category:** Connecting to SQL\
**Created:** [September 25, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/failed-to-launch-service/393 "2014-09-25T20:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JaY0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@JaY0](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/JaY0)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/failed-to-launch-service/393/1 "2014-09-25T20:35:33Z")

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Getting the below error. I am using the Bitnami Vmware Image and have this setup locally on my network.  
I am using MSSQL 2008 Server R2. I can connect to sql server from other computers on network. Also followed [MS SQL Connection String Format](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/ms-sql-connection-string-format/153/13)

Response Body  
{  
“error”: [  
{  
“context”: null,  
“message”: “Failed to launch service “sql”: CDbConnection failed to open the DB connection.”,  
“code”: 500  
}  
]  
}

Response Headers  
{  
“Pragma”: “no-cache”,  
“Date”: “Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:40:29 GMT”,  
“Server”: “Apache”,  
“X-Frame-Options”: “SAMEORIGIN”,  
“X-Powered-By”: “PHP/5.4.32”,  
“Transfer-Encoding”: “chunked”,  
“P3p”: “CP=“IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT””,  
“Cache-Control”: “no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0”,  
“Connection”: “close”,  
“Content-Type”: “application/json; charset=utf-8”,  
“Expires”: “Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT”  
}

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.dreamfactory.com/mark/32/69_2.png) [@Mark](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/failed-to-launch-service/393/2 "2014-09-26T13:50:10Z")

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JaY0,

Can you telnet to this sql server instance from your local machine?

Also, what does your connection string look like - I assume that you’re using the dblib driver. Most of these issues are related to cloud security in some fashion. Have a look [here](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/lessons-learned-with-ms-sql-server/230), though it is with Azure, still provides some useful hints.

Let me know about your progress.

Thanks,

- Mark

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**Author:** ![JaY0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@JaY0](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/JaY0)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/failed-to-launch-service/393/3 "2014-09-26T20:07:04Z")

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Thanks Mark putting in the port number after the IP sorted it.