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2.3.6.1. MySQL Enterprise Monitor Agent (mysql-monitor-agent.ini) Configuration

The mysql-monitor-agent.ini files contains the base configuration information for the MySQL Enterprise Monitor Agent. The file sets the core information about the supported functionality for the entire agent.

You can see a sample of the configuration file below: 

# WARNING - the UUID defined below must be unique for each agent.
#
# To use this .ini file as a template for configuring additional
# agents, do not simply copy and start a new agent without first
# modifying the UUID.
#
# Refer to the documentation for more detailed information and
# instructions.
#
# Version: 20080718_230416_r7011

[mysql-proxy]

plugins=proxy,agent
agent-mgmt-hostname = http://agent:password@monitor-server:18080/heartbeat
mysqld-instance-dir= etc/instances
agent-item-files = share/mysql-proxy/items/quan.lua,share/mysql-proxy/items/items-mysql-monitor.xml
proxy-address=:6446
proxy-backend-addresses = 127.0.0.1:3306
proxy-lua-script        = share/mysql-proxy/quan.lua


agent-uuid = 8770ead5-3632-4b29-a413-4a7c92437e26
log-file = mysql-monitor-agent.log
pid-file=/Applications/mysql/enterprise/agent/mysql-monitor-agent.pid

Note

Do not copy the agent configuration information from one machine to another without changing the agent-uuid. Each agent instance must have a unique agent id.

The main configuration information must be located within the [mysql-proxy] section of the configuration file. The main configurable parameters within this file are:

  • plugins — configures the plugins to be used by the agent. When monitoring servers you must have the agent plugin configured. If you want to support Query Analyzer then you must also have the proxy module enabled. Plugins should be specified as a comma separated list of plugin names.

    If you selected to support Query Analyzer during installation of the agent, the default value will be proxy,agent. If you disabled Query Analysis during installation, the default value will be agent.

  • log-level — sets the logging level of the agent. The default level is critical.

    Valid values for log-level are as follows:

    • debug — provides detailed information about what the agent is doing and the information being provided by the agent to the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager.

    • critical — lists critical messages highlighting problems with the agent.

    • error — lists error messages.

    • warning — provides only warning messages generated by the agent.

    • message — provides information about the agent and basic processing information.

    • info — provides messages used for informational purposes.

    Warning

    Be careful when setting the log-level to debug. Doing this will rapidly increase the size of your mysql-monitor-agent.log file. To avoid disk space problems, put the log files on a different drive from your MySQL server and the MySQL Enterprise Dashboard.

    It is strongly recommended that you use a log-level of critical or error in a production server. Use the higher-levels to provide more detailed information only for debugging problems with your agent.

    Under Windows, if you restart the agent from the command line after setting the log-level to debug, extensive debug information is displayed to the console as well as to the log file.

  • agent-mgmt-hostname — sets the URL to use when reporting information. This value will be automatically set to your MySQL Enterprise Service Manager during installation.

  • mysqld-instance-dir — sets the directory where the configuration files that specify the MySQL servers to be monitored can be located.

  • agent-item-files — sets the information that is provided up to the MySQL Enterprise Service Manager when the agent is reporting status information. You should leave this item with the default setting of the share/mysql-proxy/items/quan.lua (which provides Query Analyzer data) and share/mysql-proxy/items/items-mysql-monitor.xml (which provides the core agent monitoring data).

  • proxy-address — sets the address and/or port number for the proxy to listen to for connections. The setting is used when employing Query Analysis as the address/port that you must configure your application to use in place of your normal MySQL server. By default this item is set during installation.

    The default value is 6446. If you want to support a different local host name/IP address and port, specify the host name and the port number, separated by a colon.

  • proxy-backend-addresses — sets the host name and port number to be used when communicating the backend MySQL server when employing query analyzer. This is the MySQL server where packets from the client are sent when communicating with the proxy on the host name/port set by the proxy-address.

  • proxy-lua-script — sets the Lua script to be used by the proxy when forwarding queries. To use Query Analyzer, this parameter should be set to share/mysql-proxy/quan.lua. This is the default value.

  • agent-uuid — sets the UUID (Universally Unique ID) of the agent. This value should be unique for all agents communicating with the same server, as the UUID is used to uniquely ID the agent within MySQL Enterprise Service Manager

    If you are setting up multiple hosts and copying the configuration between hosts, make sure that the agent-uuid is unique. You can have the agent create a new UUID by leavig this configuration property blank.

  • log-file — sets the location of the log file used to record information about the agent when it is running. If you do not specify a full path name, then the log file location is considered to be relative to the installation directory of the agent.

  • pid-file — sets the location of the file used to record the Process ID of the agent. This is used by the script that shuts down the agent to identify the process to be shutdown. The default value is the mysql-monitor-agent.pid file within the base installation directory as created by the agent installer.