Here is the installer log:
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: DbCheckConnection: Set output property: P_DB_PORT = 3306
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: GetDatabaseServerConnectionStringWithoutEscape: Created connection string: 'Driver=MySQL ODBC 8.0 Driver;Server=127.0.0.1;Port=3306;User=******;Password={*$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Entering function: void Era::Setup::Common::CustomActions::CDatabaseReader::TestConnection(const string&, Era::Setup::Common::Database::Framework::ConnectO$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Leaving function: void Era::Setup::Common::CustomActions::CDatabaseReader::TestConnection(const string&, Era::Setup::Common::Database::Framework::ConnectOp$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Exception thrown while connecting to the specific database as a user.. Error code: 65535, DB specific error code: 1698, error message: [unixODBC][MySQL][OD$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Entering function: void Era::Setup::Common::CustomActions::CDatabaseReader::TestConnection(const string&, Era::Setup::Common::Database::Framework::ConnectO$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Leaving function: void Era::Setup::Common::CustomActions::CDatabaseReader::TestConnection(const string&, Era::Setup::Common::Database::Framework::ConnectOp$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Exception thrown while connecting to the database SERVER as a user.. Error code: 65535, DB specific error code: 1698, error message: [unixODBC][MySQL][ODBC$
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: DbCheckConnection: Set output property: P_DB_CONNECTION_STATUS = 1698
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: DbCheckConnection: Return code: 0
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Installer: An error occurred while trying to connect to the database. Error code: (1698). Unable to continue.
2020-10-22 16:14:31 Information: Installer: Error: An error occurred while trying to connect to the database. Error code: (1698). Unable to continue.