MySQL Server Exporter

Prometheus exporter for MySQL server metrics. Supported MySQL versions: 5.1 and up. NOTE: Not all collection methods are supported on MySQL < 5.6

Building and running

Required Grants

CREATE USER 'exporter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'XXXXXXXX' WITH MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 3;
GRANT PROCESS, REPLICATION CLIENT, SELECT ON *.* TO 'exporter'@'localhost';

NOTE: It is recommended to set a max connection limit for the user to avoid overloading the server with monitoring scrapes under heavy load.

Build

make

Running

Running using an environment variable:

export DATA_SOURCE_NAME='login:password@(hostname:port)/'
./mysqld_exporter <flags>

Running using ~/.my.cnf:

./mysqld_exporter <flags>

Collector Flags

Name	MySQL Version	Description
collect.auto_increment.columns	5.1	Collect auto_increment columns and max values from information_schema.
collect.binlog_size	5.1	Collect the current size of all registered binlog files
collect.engine_innodb_status	5.1	Collect from SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS.
collect.engine_tokudb_status	5.6	Collect from SHOW ENGINE TOKUDB STATUS.
collect.global_status	5.1	Collect from SHOW GLOBAL STATUS (Enabled by default)
collect.global_variables	5.1	Collect from SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES (Enabled by default)
collect.info_schema.clientstats	5.5	If running with userstat=1, set to true to collect client statistics.
collect.info_schema.innodb_metrics	5.6	Collect metrics from information_schema.innodb_metrics.
collect.info_schema.innodb_tablespaces	5.7	Collect metrics from information_schema.innodb_sys_tablespaces.
collect.info_schema.processlist	5.1	Collect thread state counts from information_schema.processlist.
collect.info_schema.processlist.min_time	5.1	Minimum time a thread must be in each state to be counted. (default: 0)
collect.info_schema.query_response_time	5.5	Collect query response time distribution if query_response_time_stats is ON.
collect.info_schema.tables	5.1	Collect metrics from information_schema.tables (Enabled by default)
collect.info_schema.tables.databases	5.1	The list of databases to collect table stats for, or '*' for all.
collect.info_schema.tablestats	5.1	If running with userstat=1, set to true to collect table statistics.
collect.info_schema.userstats	5.1	If running with userstat=1, set to true to collect user statistics.
collect.perf_schema.eventsstatements	5.6	Collect metrics from performance_schema.events_statements_summary_by_digest.
collect.perf_schema.eventsstatements.digest_text_limit	5.6	Maximum length of the normalized statement text. (default: 120)
collect.perf_schema.eventsstatements.limit	5.6	Limit the number of events statements digests by response time. (default: 250)
collect.perf_schema.eventsstatements.timelimit	5.6	Limit how old the 'last_seen' events statements can be, in seconds. (default: 86400)
collect.perf_schema.eventswaits	5.5	Collect metrics from performance_schema.events_waits_summary_global_by_event_name.
collect.perf_schema.file_events	5.6	Collect metrics from performance_schema.file_summary_by_event_name.
collect.perf_schema.file_instances	5.5	Collect metrics from performance_schema.file_summary_by_instance.
collect.perf_schema.indexiowaits	5.6	Collect metrics from performance_schema.table_io_waits_summary_by_index_usage.
collect.perf_schema.tableiowaits	5.6	Collect metrics from performance_schema.table_io_waits_summary_by_table.
collect.perf_schema.tablelocks	5.6	Collect metrics from performance_schema.table_lock_waits_summary_by_table.
collect.slave_status	5.1	Collect from SHOW SLAVE STATUS (Enabled by default)
collect.heartbeat	5.1	Collect from heartbeat.
collect.heartbeat.database	5.1	Database from where to collect heartbeat data. (default: heartbeat)
collect.heartbeat.table	5.1	Table from where to collect heartbeat data. (default: heartbeat)

General Flags

Name	Description
config.my-cnf	Path to .my.cnf file to read MySQL credentials from. (default: ~/.my.cnf)
log.level	Logging verbosity (default: info)
log_slow_filter	Add a log_slow_filter to avoid exessive MySQL slow logging. NOTE: Not supported by Oracle MySQL.
web.listen-address	Address to listen on for web interface and telemetry.
web.telemetry-path	Path under which to expose metrics.
version	Print the version information.

Setting the MySQL server's data source name

The MySQL server's data source name must be set via the DATA_SOURCE_NAME environment variable. The format of this variable is described at https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name.

Using Docker

You can deploy this exporter using the prom/mysqld-exporter Docker image.

For example:

docker pull prom/mysqld-exporter

docker run -d -p 9104:9104 --link=my_mysql_container:bdd  \
        -e DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user:password@(bdd:3306)/database" prom/mysqld-exporter

heartbeat

With collect.heartbeat enabled, mysqld_exporter will scrape replication delay measured by heartbeat mechanisms. Pt-heartbeat is the reference heartbeat implementation supported.

Example Rules

There are some sample rules available in example.rules