README.md

Boundary MySQL Plugin

Collects metrics from a MySQL database instance. See video walkthrough.

Prerequisites

Supported OS

OS	Linux	Windows	SmartOS	OS X
Supported	v	v	v	v

Boundary Meter Versions v4.2 or Later

• To install new meter go to Settings->Installation or see instructons.
• To upgrade the meter to the latest version - see instructons.

For Boundary Meter earlier than v4.2

Runtime	node.js	Python	Java
Required	+

• How to install node.js?

Plugin Setup

None

Plugin Configuration Fields

For All Versions

Field Name	Description
Hostname	The hostname of the MySQL Server (Socket Path or Hostname is required)
Port	Port to use when accessing the MySQL Server
Username	Username to access the MySQL database (Username is required)
Password	Password to access the MySQL database (Password is required)
Source	The Source to display in the legend for the mysql data. It will default to the hostname of the server
Poll Interval	How often to poll for metrics

Metrics Collected

For All Versions

Metric Name	Description
MySQL Connections	The number of connection attempts
MySQL Aborted Connections	The number of failed connection attempts including those aborted by the client
MySQL Bytes In	bytes in
MySQL Bytes Out	bytes out
MySQL Slow Queries	The number of queries that have taken more than long_query_time seconds
MySQL Row Modification	The number of requests to insert/update/delete a row
MySQL Row Reads	The number of requests to read a row
MySQL Table Locks	The number of table locks granted
MySQL Table Wait Locks	The number of table locks that required a wait
MySQL Commits	The number commits
MySQL Rollback	The number rollbacks
MySQL Query Memory	The percentage of used query memory
MySQL Query Cache Hits	The percentage of queries from cache
MySQL Query Cache Prunes	The number of queries delete from the query cache

Dashboards

• MySQL

References

Tracks the following metrics for mysql