import mysql.connector
from mysql.connector import Error

def create_connection(host_name, user_name, user_password):
    connection = None
    try:
        connection = mysql.connector.connect(
            host=host_name,
            user=user_name,
            passwd=user_password,
            auth_plugin='mysql_native_password'
        )
        print("Connection to MySQL DB successful")
    except Error as e:
        print("The error '{e}' occurred")

        return connection

connection = create_connection("sql.cs.oberlin.edu", "alice", "tiger")