You might noticed MySQL statistics aren’t being show in Netdata. Here’s what I ran into.
Error: “MySQLdb or PyMySQL module is needed to use mysql.chart.py plugin”
The required python libraries for MySQL are missing, so you simply need to install them. For Ubuntu/Debian the following command should correct it.
Setting up Netdata MySQL User
You might also see these errors in your log.
The fix is simple, add a user called Netdata with a password. Note, you can setup the Netdata user without a password, but this may expose information to the system that you might not want. Full information is located on Netdata’s website.
https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/collectors/python.d.plugin/mysql
So let’s get Netdata pulling MySQL data.
Fast, open and potentially insecure no password optiom
This will just work, but leave a user on your MySQL instance without a password.
Password based polling
Let’s run the same command as above but give the user a password.
Now we need to tell Netdata the password.
Instead of editing the defaults, go to the bottom of the config and just create a new section with the following
Now you should see MySQL metrics in Netdata
