[blackbird-mysql] Monitor mysql with blackbird

blackbird mysql plugin

This plugin gets various information from mysql and sends the data to the backend Currently, you can monitor the following information: (I am targeting mysql 5.5 series, but I think that there is no particular problem with 5.6)

• Life and death monitoring to see if you can connect to mysql
• SELECT VERSION()
• SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES
• SHOW GLOBAL STATUS
• SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS
• SHOW SLAVE STATUS
• Number of TABLEs in DATABASE (Low Level Discovery)

Each acquisition item is in the unit of component. Zabbix Template is prepared for each component, so please use the component you want to monitor and Zabbix Template as a set. The correspondence table between component and Zabbix Template is as follows.

Each component of blackbird mysql plugin

** Each Zabbix Template, but created with Zabbix 2.4 ** ** Since the definition of Trigger has changed, it cannot be used in 2.2 series **

Install

blackbird body

Please install by referring to here

Install mysql plugin

You can either use setup.py or rpm. There is also a way to insert it manually, but in that case please use the module of MySQLdb of python separately

install with setup.py

git clone https://github.com/Vagrants/blackbird-mysql.git
cd blackbird-mysql
python setup.py install

install with rpm

yum install blackbird-mysql --enablerepo=blackbird

Dependency requires MySQL-python

Create a monitoring user on the MySQL side

Create a user to which blackbird connects

mysql> GRANT SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, SHOW DATABASES, PROCESS ON *.* TO  'bbd'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'bbd';

Please change ip address, username and password as appropriate. Connection user information can be set freely with config If you already have a user for monitoring, you don't have to create it.

Set plugin

config is in /etc/blackbird/conf.d/mysql.cfg You can set component and monitoring interval

ini:/etc/blackbird/conf.d/mysql.cfg

[mysql]
module = 'mysql'

# mysql setting
#
# - Please create monitor user like this.
#
#   mysql> GRANT SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, SHOW DATABASES, PROCESS ON *.* TO  'bbd'@'127.0.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'bbd';
#
# mysqlhost = '127.0.0.1'
# mysqluser = 'bbd'
# mysqlpass = 'bbd'

# components
# - global_variables : SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES;
# - global_status    : SHOW GLOBAL STATUS;
# - innodb_status    : SHOW ENGINE INNODB STATUS;
# - slave_status     : SHOW SLAVE STATUS;
# - table_count (LLD): SELECT table_schema, COUNT(table_name) FROM information_schema.TABLES GROUP BY table_schema;
#
components = 'global_variables,global_status,innodb_status,slave_status,table_count'

# interval for this module
#
# interval = 60
# lld_interval = 600

#
# You can set the different interval time for each component.
#
# [mysql]
# module = 'mysql'
# components = 'version,global_variables,global_status,innodb_status'
# interval = 60
#
# [mysql_slave_monitor_frequent_intervals]
# module = 'mysql'
# components = 'slave_status'
# interval = 10

At the back of config, there is a setting method when you want to change the monitoring interval only for a specific component as TIPS.

Reboot blackbird when you're done

sudo /etc/init.d/blackbird restart

Check if data is coming in on Zabbix

Zabbix Templates can be found in the github repository Please import to Zabbix and apply to the target server

** If the host name on Zabbix and the host name of the server on which blackbird is running are different, you need to set the hostname on /etc/blackbird/conf.d/mysql.cfg ** Please match with Zabbix

ini:/etc/blackbird/conf.d/mysql.cfg

hostname = your_static_hostname

Precautions, etc.

Please customize Zabbix Template Trigger etc. for each environment.

Zabbix Template is made with the policy of ** take what you can get for the time being **

• Of course ** What do you do with this? There is also an item like **
• Many items put a heavy load on Zabbix DB. Please disable as appropriate

Looking for acclaim

• I want you to put such a Trigger in advance
• I want you to put such a Graph in advance
• I want you to insert such a screen in advance
• I want you to be able to get this item as well (SHOW PROCESSLIST is under consideration)

I want to use it in Zabbix 2.2 series

• If there are many requests, we will prepare a 2.2 series template.

What about PostgreSQL, not just MySQL?

• I'll do my best···