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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-11-28 04:53:08 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-11-28 04:53:08 +0000
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parentAdding upstream version 1.18.1. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 1.19.0.upstream/1.19.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/collectors/python.d.plugin/mysql/README.md b/collectors/python.d.plugin/mysql/README.md
index 037153220..7dca8f406 100644
--- a/collectors/python.d.plugin/mysql/README.md
+++ b/collectors/python.d.plugin/mysql/README.md
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@ Module monitors one or more mysql servers
**Requirements:**
- python library [MySQLdb](https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python) (faster) or [PyMySQL](https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL) (slower)
+- `netdata` local user to connect to the MySQL server.
-It will produce following charts (if data is available):
+To create the `netdata` user, execute the following in the MySQL shell:
+
+```sh
+create user 'netdata'@'localhost';
+grant usage on *.* to 'netdata'@'localhost';
+flush privileges;
+```
+The `netdata` user will have the ability to connect to the MySQL server on `localhost` without a password.
+It will only be able to gather MySQL statistics without being able to alter or affect MySQL operations in any way.
+
+This module will produce following charts (if data is available):
1. **Bandwidth** in kilobits/s
@@ -331,7 +342,8 @@ You can provide, per server, the following:
- key: the path name of the client private key file.
- cert: the path name of the client public key certificate file.
- - ca: the path name of the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate file. This option, if used, must specify the same certificate used by the server.
+ - ca: the path name of the Certificate Authority (CA) certificate file. This option, if used, must specify the
+ same certificate used by the server.
- capath: the path name of the directory that contains trusted SSL CA certificate files.
- cipher: the list of permitted ciphers for SSL encryption.
@@ -358,9 +370,12 @@ remote:
port : 9000
```
-If no configuration is given, module will attempt to connect to mysql server via unix socket at `/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock` without password and with username `root`
+If no configuration is given, the module will attempt to connect to MySQL server via a unix socket at
+`/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock` without password and with username `root`.
-`userstats` graph works only if you enable such plugin in MariaDB server and set proper mysql priviliges (SUPER or PROCESS). For more detail please check [MariaDB User Statistics page](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/user-statistics/)
+`userstats` graph works only if you enable the plugin in MariaDB server and set proper MySQL privileges (SUPER or
+PROCESS). For more details, please check the [MariaDB User Statistics
+page](https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/user-statistics/)
---