This step-by-step guide explains how to setup and monitor standalone MySQL Database resources using CloudMonix.
In this article
1. Monitoring setup
2. Collect, understand and use your data
2.1 Metrics
2.2 Alerts
2.3 Actions
3. Setup verification and troubleshooting
Did you know?
CloudMonix provides advanced monitoring metrics and features for MySQL Database. Noteworthy:
- CloudMonix connects to MySQL Database directly from within own cloud premise thru user-defined IP address and port which need to be white-listed as described in this article
- CloudMonix receives data by directly connecting and querying databases
- pre-configured metrics: active connections, errors count, queries count, query run time, reads count, response time, database size, resource status, top queries, writes count
- alerts on database approaching max size, open sessions approaching max size, resource outages and slow responses
- ability to run custom SQL scripts on specified resources based on conditions or schedule
Setup
a. Add new MySQL Database:
Click the Add New button in the top right corner of your dashboard:
b. Firewall configuration:
CloudMonix monitoring services are hosted in Azure and use static IP addresses to perform monitoring. In certain circumstances user-defined firewall rules may prevent CloudMonix from accessing the monitored resources. Given this scenario, it is necessary to white-list CloudMonix IP addresses as described in this article.
c. Fill in required information in the Definition tab:
Definition tab provides settings for the resource name, credentials, server name, server port, database name, configuration template and categories:
Best Practices
Configuration Template setting provides pre-defined configuration templates available in CloudMonix by default as well as previously stored custom templates. See predefined templates for MySQL Database for reference.
Definition tab for an existing resource can be accessed by clicking the resource's monitoring settings in the performance dashboard:
d. Advanced configuration:
Advanced configuration tab provides additional monitoring settings, which are already set as default for most use-cases.
Collect, understand and use your data
Specific Metrics, Templates, Alerts and Automation Actions for MySQL Database:
a. Metrics:
Diagnostic data points retrieved from the monitored resource are referred to as metrics . CloudMonix provides default templates for the metrics recommended for common configurations. Metrics can be further added, removed or customized in the Metrics tab of the MySQL Database resource configuration dialog:
b. Alerts:
CloudMonix features a sophisticated alert engine that allows alerts to be published for very particular conditions pre-defined by a template configuration or custom based on any of the available metrics. Alerts can be further added, removed or customized in the Alerts tab of the MySQL Database resource configuration dialog:
c. Actions:
Actions are automation features that can be configured to fire based on specific conditions or schedule. Actions can be added and configured in the Actions tab of the MySQL Database resource configuration dialog:
Available actions include the ability to run custom SQL scripts on specified resources based on conditions or schedule.
Setup verification and troubleshooting
a. Setup verification:
Successful resource setup can be verified by clicking Test button in the resource configuration dialog and visiting the Test Results tab:
b. Troubleshooting monitoring issues:
CloudMonix provides deep insights into resource monitoring issues via the Status Dashboard screen. The screen allows to overview resources that have raised alerts and troubleshoot them by diving into the monitoring logs.
Read the full article on how to use Status Dashboard to diagnose resource monitoring issues.