Prerequisites for Monitoring MySQL

Foglight for MySQL supports MySQL 5.5+ and equivalent versions for drop-in replacements such as MariaDB and managed database services like AWS Aurora/RDS and Microsoft Azure. However, older server versions may not provide some monitoring data available in later versions. For example, statement digest data is unavailable in versions earlier than 5.6.5.

The MySQLAgent can be run on a Foglight Agent Manager that is either local or remote to the MySQL server.

For more information about configuring the MySQL server for monitoring, refer to Installing and Configuring Agents. The Foglight MySQL agent requires the MySQL database user to have specific minimum privileges to monitor the database effectively. For more information refer to MySQL Agent User Permissions