Whether you are a system administrator or a database administrator, monitoring your MySQL server is an essential step towards diagnosing issues.
You want real time monitoring on active connections, locks or queries that are running on your database.
You also want to monitor active users, what they are running, as well as average query times.
To monitor those metrics, we are going to build a complete MySQL dashboard using modern tools such as Grafana and Prometheus
LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.
Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved
Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.