MySQL

StackState Self-hosted v5.1.x

Overview

Get realtime metrics from MySQL databases, including:

  • Query throughput

  • Query performance (average query run time, slow queries, etc)

  • Connections (currently open connections, aborted connections, errors, etc)

  • InnoDB (buffer pool metrics, etc)

You can also invent your own metrics using custom SQL queries.

MySQL is a StackState curated integration.

Setup

Installation

The MySQL check is included in the Agent V2 StackPack. No additional installation is needed on your MySQL server.

Configuration

Edit the mysql.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent's configuration directory to start collecting your MySQL metrics and logs.

Prepare MySQL

On each MySQL server, create a database user for the Agent:

mysql> CREATE USER 'stackstate'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<UNIQUEPASSWORD>';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

For mySQL 8.0+ create the stackstate user with the native password hashing method:

mysql> CREATE USER 'stackstate'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password by '<UNIQUEPASSWORD>';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Note: @'localhost' is only for local connections - use the hostname/IP of your Agent for remote connections. For more information, see the MySQL documentation.

Verify the user was created successfully using the following commands - replace <UNIQUEPASSWORD> with the password you created above:

mysql -u stackstate --password=<UNIQUEPASSWORD> -e "show status" | \
grep Uptime && echo -e "\033[0;32mMySQL user - OK\033[0m" || \
echo -e "\033[0;31mCannot connect to MySQL\033[0m"
mysql -u stackstate --password=<UNIQUEPASSWORD> -e "show slave status" && \
echo -e "\033[0;32mMySQL grant - OK\033[0m" || \
echo -e "\033[0;31mMissing REPLICATION CLIENT grant\033[0m"

The Agent needs a few privileges to collect metrics. Grant the user the following limited privileges ONLY:

mysql> GRANT REPLICATION CLIENT ON *.* TO 'stackstate'@'localhost' WITH MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 5;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)

mysql> GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'stackstate'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

For mySQL 8.0+ set max_user_connections with:

mysql> ALTER USER 'stackstate'@'localhost' WITH MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 5;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

If enabled, metrics can be collected from the performance_schema database by granting an additional privilege:

mysql> show databases like 'performance_schema';
+-------------------------------+
| Database (performance_schema) |
+-------------------------------+
| performance_schema            |
+-------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> GRANT SELECT ON performance_schema.* TO 'stackstate'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Metric Collection

  • Add this configuration block to your mysql.d/conf.yaml to collect your MySQL metrics:

    init_config:
    
    instances:
      - server: 127.0.0.1
        user: stackstate
        pass: '<YOUR_CHOSEN_PASSWORD>' # from the CREATE USER step earlier
        port: <YOUR_MYSQL_PORT> # for example, 3306
        options:
            replication: 0
            galera_cluster: 1
            extra_status_metrics: true
            extra_innodb_metrics: true
            extra_performance_metrics: true
            schema_size_metrics: false
            disable_innodb_metrics: false

Note: Wrap your password in single quotes in case a special character is present.

To collect extra_performance_metrics, your MySQL server must have performance_schema enabled - otherwise set extra_performance_metrics to false. For more information on performance_schema, see the MySQL documentation.

Note that the stackstate user should be set up in the MySQL integration configuration as host: 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. Alternatively, you may also use sock.

Restart the Agent to start sending MySQL metrics to StackState.

Log Collection

  1. By default, MySQL logs everything in /var/log/syslog which requires root access to read. To make the logs more accessible, follow these steps:

    • Edit /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqld_safe_syslog.cnf and remove or comment the lines.

    • Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf and add following lines to enable general, error, and slow query logs:

      [mysqld_safe]
      log_error=/var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log
      [mysqld]
      general_log = on
      general_log_file = /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
      log_error=/var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log
      slow_query_log = on
      slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
      long_query_time = 2
    • Save the file and restart MySQL using following commands: service mysql restart

    • Make sure the Agent has read access on the /var/log/mysql directory and all of the files within. Double-check your logrotate configuration to make sure those files are taken into account and that the permissions are correctly set there as well.

    • In /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server there should be something similar to:

      /var/log/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql.log /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log {
             daily
             rotate 7
             missingok
             create 644 mysql adm
             Compress
      }
  2. Collecting logs is disabled by default in StackState Agent V3, so you need to enable it in stackstate.yaml:

     logs_enabled: true
  3. Add this configuration block to your mysql.d/conf.yaml file to start collecting your MySQL logs:

     logs:
         - type: file
           path: /var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log
           source: mysql
           sourcecategory: database
           service: myapplication
    
         - type: file
           path: /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
           source: mysql
           sourcecategory: database
           service: myapplication
    
         - type: file
           path: /var/log/mysql/mysql.log
           source: mysql
           sourcecategory: database
           service: myapplication
           # For multiline logs, if they start by the date with the format yyyy-mm-dd uncomment the following processing rule
           # log_processing_rules:
           #   - type: multi_line
           #     name: new_log_start_with_date
           #     pattern: \d{4}\-(0?[1-9]|1[012])\-(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])

    See our sample mysql.yaml for all available configuration options, including those for custom metrics.

  4. Restart the Agent.

Validation

Run the Agent's status subcommand and look for mysql under the Checks section.

Data Collected

Metrics

See metadata.csv for a list of metrics provided by this integration.

The check doesn't collect all metrics by default. Set the following boolean configuration options to true to enable the respective metrics:

extra_status_metrics adds the following metrics:

Metric nameMetric type

mysql.binlog.cache_disk_use

GAUGE

mysql.binlog.cache_use

GAUGE

mysql.performance.handler_commit

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_delete

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_prepare

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_read_first

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_read_key

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_read_next

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_read_prev

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_read_rnd

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_read_rnd_next

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_rollback

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_update

RATE

mysql.performance.handler_write

RATE

mysql.performance.opened_tables

RATE

mysql.performance.qcache_total_blocks

GAUGE

mysql.performance.qcache_free_blocks

GAUGE

mysql.performance.qcache_free_memory

GAUGE

mysql.performance.qcache_not_cached

RATE

mysql.performance.qcache_queries_in_cache

GAUGE

mysql.performance.select_full_join

RATE

mysql.performance.select_full_range_join

RATE

mysql.performance.select_range

RATE

mysql.performance.select_range_check

RATE

mysql.performance.select_scan

RATE

mysql.performance.sort_merge_passes

RATE

mysql.performance.sort_range

RATE

mysql.performance.sort_rows

RATE

mysql.performance.sort_scan

RATE

mysql.performance.table_locks_immediate

GAUGE

mysql.performance.table_locks_immediate.rate

RATE

mysql.performance.threads_cached

GAUGE

mysql.performance.threads_created

MONOTONIC

extra_innodb_metrics adds the following metrics:

Metric nameMetric type

mysql.innodb.active_transactions

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_data

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_pages_data

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_pages_dirty

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_pages_flushed

RATE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_pages_free

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_pages_total

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_read_ahead

RATE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_read_ahead_evicted

RATE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_read_ahead_rnd

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_wait_free

MONOTONIC

mysql.innodb.buffer_pool_write_requests

RATE

mysql.innodb.checkpoint_age

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.current_transactions

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.data_fsyncs

RATE

mysql.innodb.data_pending_fsyncs

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.data_pending_reads

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.data_pending_writes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.data_read

RATE

mysql.innodb.data_written

RATE

mysql.innodb.dblwr_pages_written

RATE

mysql.innodb.dblwr_writes

RATE

mysql.innodb.hash_index_cells_total

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.hash_index_cells_used

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.history_list_length

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_free_list

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_merged

RATE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_merged_delete_marks

RATE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_merged_deletes

RATE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_merged_inserts

RATE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_merges

RATE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_segment_size

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.ibuf_size

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.lock_structs

RATE

mysql.innodb.locked_tables

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.locked_transactions

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.log_waits

RATE

mysql.innodb.log_write_requests

RATE

mysql.innodb.log_writes

RATE

mysql.innodb.lsn_current

RATE

mysql.innodb.lsn_flushed

RATE

mysql.innodb.lsn_last_checkpoint

RATE

mysql.innodb.mem_adaptive_hash

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_additional_pool

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_dictionary

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_file_system

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_lock_system

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_page_hash

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_recovery_system

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_thread_hash

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.mem_total

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.os_file_fsyncs

RATE

mysql.innodb.os_file_reads

RATE

mysql.innodb.os_file_writes

RATE

mysql.innodb.os_log_pending_fsyncs

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.os_log_pending_writes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.os_log_written

RATE

mysql.innodb.pages_created

RATE

mysql.innodb.pages_read

RATE

mysql.innodb.pages_written

RATE

mysql.innodb.pending_aio_log_ios

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_aio_sync_ios

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_buffer_pool_flushes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_checkpoint_writes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_ibuf_aio_reads

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_log_flushes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_log_writes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_normal_aio_reads

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.pending_normal_aio_writes

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.queries_inside

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.queries_queued

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.read_views

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.rows_deleted

RATE

mysql.innodb.rows_inserted

RATE

mysql.innodb.rows_read

RATE

mysql.innodb.rows_updated

RATE

mysql.innodb.s_lock_os_waits

RATE

mysql.innodb.s_lock_spin_rounds

RATE

mysql.innodb.s_lock_spin_waits

RATE

mysql.innodb.semaphore_wait_time

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.semaphore_waits

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.tables_in_use

GAUGE

mysql.innodb.x_lock_os_waits

RATE

mysql.innodb.x_lock_spin_rounds

RATE

mysql.innodb.x_lock_spin_waits

RATE

extra_performance_metrics adds the following metrics:

Metric nameMetric type

mysql.performance.query_run_time.avg

GAUGE

mysql.performance.digest_95th_percentile.avg_us

GAUGE

schema_size_metrics adds the following metric:

Metric nameMetric type

mysql.info.schema.size

GAUGE

Events

The MySQL check doesn't include any events.

Service Checks

mysql.replication.slave_running: Returns CRITICAL for a slave that's not running, otherwise OK.

mysql.can_connect: Returns CRITICAL if the Agent can't connect to MySQL to collect metrics, otherwise OK.

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