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# MySQL

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<Note>
  This feature is available as an add-on for the [Honeycomb Enterprise plan](https://www.honeycomb.io/pricing/).
  Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.
</Note>

## Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| :------- | :------ | :--- | :----- |
| Linux    | ✓       | ✓    |        |
| Windows  | ✓       | ✓    |        |
| macOS    | ✓       | ✓    |        |

## Prerequisites

This source supports MySQL versions 5.7 and 8.0.

## Configuration Table

| Parameter               | Type                | Default                                                                                                                                              | Description                                                                       |
| :---------------------- | :------------------ | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| telemetry\_types        | `telemetrySelector` | `["Logs", "Metrics"]`                                                                                                                                | Choose Telemetry Type.                                                            |
| enable\_general\_log    | `bool`              | false                                                                                                                                                | Enable to read and parse the general log file.                                    |
| general\_log\_paths     | `strings`           | `- \"/var/log/mysql/general.log\"`                                                                                                                   | Path to the general log file(s).                                                  |
| enable\_slow\_log       | `bool`              | true                                                                                                                                                 | Enable to read and parse the slow query log.                                      |
| slow\_query\_log\_paths | `strings`           | `- \"/var/log/mysql/slow*.log\"`                                                                                                                     | Path to the slow query log file(s).                                               |
| enable\_error\_log      | `bool`              | true                                                                                                                                                 | Enable to read and parse the error log.                                           |
| error\_log\_paths       | `strings`           | For CentOS / RHEL: `- \"/var/log/mysqld.log\"` \nFor SLES: `- \"/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log\"` \nFor Debian / Ubuntu: `- \"/var/log/mysql/error.log\"` | Path to the error log file(s).                                                    |
| start\_at               | `enum`              | end                                                                                                                                                  | Start reading the file from the 'beginning' or 'end'.                             |
| username\*              | `string`            |                                                                                                                                                      | Username used to authenticate.                                                    |
| password\*              | `string`            |                                                                                                                                                      | Password used to authenticate.                                                    |
| endpoint                | `string`            | localhost:3306                                                                                                                                       | The endpoint of the MySQL server.                                                 |
| transport               | `enum`              | tcp                                                                                                                                                  | The transport protocol used to connect to MySQL.                                  |
| database                | `string`            |                                                                                                                                                      | The database name. If not specified, metrics will be collected for all databases. |
| collection\_interval    | `int`               | 60                                                                                                                                                   | Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.                                   |