Error connecting to the database: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (14 replies)

Hello all, im looking for some assistance with my site showing the splash page but once clicking to access our forms i get the error: Error connecting to the database: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Please help, running on server 2012r2 as a vm.