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MySQL Server Exporter

Official Prometheus exporter for MySQL and MariaDB

Monitoring & Status ★ 2.5k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

MySQL Server Exporter is the official Prometheus exporter for MySQL and MariaDB servers, exposing global status, replication, InnoDB, and performance schema metrics. It is a standard component of database monitoring stacks built on Prometheus.

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Key features

  • Global status and InnoDB metrics
  • Replication lag tracking
  • Performance schema collectors
  • Officially maintained by Prometheus

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Reliable and well-tested
  • Granular collector toggles

Trade-offs

  • Metrics only, no visualization
  • Some collectors add load

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