Hi all!
As you know, we have some commercial solutions to monitoring/alerting MySQL, like MySQL Enterprise Monitor or Oracle Grid/Cloud Control.
But, regarding we are using MySQL instead of Oracle Database, we can assume it’s probably a decision taken based on cost. So, considering Open Source solutions, we basically have Nagios, Zabbix, OpenNMS…
Thinking on Nagios, in my opinion the “supra sumo” is mysql_health_check.pl.
Below whitepaper and presentation:
White Paper
Presentation
Code
Good one by Sheeri Cabral and posted here!
Any way, with theese two we can make lots of magic:
1. check_mysql.pl
– Check status of MySql server (slow queries, etc)
– Queries per second graph
2. check_db_query.pl
– Allowes to run SQL Queries and setting thresholds for warning e critical. Ex:
check_db_query.pl -d database -q query [-w warn] [-c crit] [-C conn_file] [-p placeholder]
Ex for Nagios call:
define command{
command_name check_db_entries
command_line /usr/local/bin/perl $USER1$/check_db_query.pl -d "$ARG1$" -q "$ARG2$" $ARG3$
}
So, now it’s just make your queries and implement your free monitoring on MySQL! 🙂
Matheus.
