IDSTower init-database failing

Question

When running sudo ./IDSTower --init-database I get an error with the following message:

2022-11-13 21:08:40.937 [Error] An error occurred using the connection to database '""' on server '"localhost"'. [IDSTower] Can't connect to database, please make sure that your database service is running properly and database settings in appsettings.json are correct. Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

mysql service is running. I followed the instruction found here: https://idstower.com/docs/installation/install_ubuntu20.html

Here is part of my appsettings.json file:

  "Database": {
    //MySQL Database host FQDN/IP Address
    "Host": "localhost",
    //MySQL Database port
    "Port": 3306,
    //Database Name
    "Name": "IDSTower",
    //Database User
    "Username": "root",
    //Database Password
    "Password": "****************"
  }

`

Trying to install IDSTower with Suricata on the same machine. Expecting it to not fail.