During config, couldn't connect mysql -u kaltura -p

Hi,

Your problem stemmed from these records:

+-----------+---------+-------------------------------------------+
| host      | user    | password                                  |
+-----------+---------+-------------------------------------------+

| localhost               |         |                                           |
| izbp118tqzf747jr23jpjbz |         |                                           |

That is, records with a hostname and no user and passwd. Because of the way MySQL auth works, having these empty records gets in the way. This is why the instructions recommend running:

# mysql_secure_installation

Among other things, it prompts for:
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]

Which fixes the problem. Since you originally provided SSH access info, I already ran it for you but removed the info from the post. Please make sure NEVER to post sensitive info publicly.

At any rate, you can now re-run the config scripts, the DB deployment script will recognize a DB already exists [as that part was successfully done], just drop the current DB and it will recreate it.