ubuntu@compute1:~$ sudo grep sql /etc/nova/nova.conf
--sql_connection=mysql://nova:aNoth3rP4ss@192.168.122.3/nova
ubuntu@compute1:~$ mysql -u nova -paNoth3rP4ss -h 192.168.122.3 nova
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