How to Monitor MySQL with Percona’s Nagios Plugins
In this post, I’ll cover the new MySQL monitoring plugins we created for Nagios, and explain their features and intended purpose.I want to add a little context. What problem were we trying to solve...
View ArticleRotating MySQL slow logs safely
This blog post is part two of two. Like part one, published Wednesday, this is a cross-post from Groupon’s engineering blog. Thanks again to Kyle Oppenheim at Groupon. And one more reminder that I’ll...
View ArticleMySQL Audit Plugin now available in Percona Server 5.5 and 5.6
The new Percona Server 5.5.37-35.0 and Percona Server 5.6.17-65.0-56, announced yesterday (May 6), both include the open source version of the MySQL Audit Plugin. The MySQL Audit Plugin is used to log...
View ArticleLog rotate and the (deleted) MySQL log file mystery
Did your logging stop working after you set up logrotate? Then this post might be for you.Archive your log files!Some time ago, Peter Boros wrote about Rotating MySQL Slow Logs safely, explaining the...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.6.25-73.0 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.6.25-73.0 on July 1, 2015. Download the latest version from the Percona web site or from the Percona Software Repositories.Based on MySQL...
View ArticlePercona Server 5.5.44-37.3 is now available
Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server 5.5.44-37.3 on July 1, 2015. Based on MySQL 5.5.44, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.5.44-37.3 is now the current stable...
View ArticlePercona Server audit log plugin best practices
Auditing your database means tracking access and changes to your data and db objects. The Audit Log Plugin has been shipped with Percona Server since 5.5.37/5.6.17, for a little over 12 months. Prior...
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