Error when trying to connect MySQL with MariaDB driver (with hibernate)

I followed the docs here - https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/postgres-config/#example-mysql-project
But, I’m getting the following error which I don’t get when running localy:
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org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceException: Unable to create requested service [org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment]
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.createService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:275)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:237)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:214)
 
	at org.hibernate.id.factory.internal.DefaultIdentifierGeneratorFactory.injectServices(DefaultIdentifierGeneratorFactory.java:152)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.injectDependencies(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:286)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:243)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:214)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.internal.InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.<init>(InFlightMetadataCollectorImpl.java:176)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.complete(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:118)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.build(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:83)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.internal.MetadataBuilderImpl.build(MetadataBuilderImpl.java:473)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.internal.MetadataBuilderImpl.build(MetadataBuilderImpl.java:84)
 
	at com.redislabs.RGHibernate.addMapping(RGHibernate.java:28)
 
	at com.redislabs.RGHibernateTest.test(RGHibernateTest.java:23)
 
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
 
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
 
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
 
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
 
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
 
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
 
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
 
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.execute(JUnit4Provider.java:252)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.executeTestSet(JUnit4Provider.java:141)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.junit4.JUnit4Provider.invoke(JUnit4Provider.java:112)
 
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.util.ReflectionUtils.invokeMethodWithArray(ReflectionUtils.java:189)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory$ProviderProxy.invoke(ProviderFactory.java:165)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ProviderFactory.invokeProvider(ProviderFactory.java:85)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.runSuitesInProcess(ForkedBooter.java:115)
 
	at org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter.main(ForkedBooter.java:75)
 
Caused by: org.hibernate.exception.JDBCConnectionException: Error calling Driver#connect
 
	at org.hibernate.exception.internal.SQLExceptionTypeDelegate.convert(SQLExceptionTypeDelegate.java:48)
 
	at org.hibernate.exception.internal.StandardSQLExceptionConverter.convert(StandardSQLExceptionConverter.java:42)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper.convert(SqlExceptionHelper.java:113)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.BasicConnectionCreator.convertSqlException(BasicConnectionCreator.java:118)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverConnectionCreator.makeConnection(DriverConnectionCreator.java:41)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.BasicConnectionCreator.createConnection(BasicConnectionCreator.java:58)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl$PooledConnections.addConnections(DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.java:331)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl$PooledConnections.<init>(DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.java:250)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl$PooledConnections.<init>(DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.java:228)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl$PooledConnections$Builder.build(DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.java:369)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.buildPool(DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.java:98)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.configure(DriverManagerConnectionProviderImpl.java:73)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl.configureService(StandardServiceRegistryImpl.java:107)MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: %
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:246)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:214)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.buildJdbcConnectionAccess(JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.java:145)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.initiateService(JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.java:66)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.internal.JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.initiateService(JdbcEnvironmentInitiator.java:35)
 
	at org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl.initiateService(StandardServiceRegistryImpl.java:101)
 
	at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.createService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:263)
 
	... 42 more
 
Caused by: java.sql.SQLInvalidAuthorizationSpecException: Could not connect to address=(host=127.0.0.1)(port=3306)(type=master) : (conn=7) Access denied for user 'root'@'127.0.0.1' (using password: YES)
 
Current charset is UTF-8. If password has been set using other charset, consider using option 'passwordCharacterEncoding'
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.util.exceptions.ExceptionFactory.createException(ExceptionFactory.java:66)
 MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: %
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.util.exceptions.ExceptionFactory.create(ExceptionFactory.java:192)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.connectWithoutProxy(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:1346)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.util.Utils.retrieveProxy(Utils.java:634)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.MariaDbConnection.newConnection(MariaDbConnection.java:150)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:89)
 
	at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DriverConnectionCreator.makeConnection(DriverConnectionCreator.java:38)
 
	... 57 more
 
Caused by: java.sql.SQLInvalidAuthorizationSpecException: (conn=7) Access denied for user 'root'@'127.0.0.1' (using password: YES)
 
Current charset is UTF-8. If password has been set using other charset, consider using option 'passwordCharacterEncoding'
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.util.exceptions.ExceptionFactory.createException(ExceptionFactory.java:66)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.util.exceptions.ExceptionFactory.create(ExceptionFactory.java:187)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.authenticationHandler(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:760)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.createConnection(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:546)
 
	at org.mariadb.jdbc.internal.protocol.AbstractConnectProtocol.connectWithoutProxy(AbstractConnectProtocol.java:1341)
 
	... 61 mor

I also tried to set MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: % but I’m getting YAML parsing error:

Unable to parse YAML
while scanning for the next token
found character '%' that cannot start any token. (Do not use % for indentation)
 in 'string', line 14, column 28:
              MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: %          

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