MySQL: Query your databases directly

What it’s for: Application data including sales metrics, user counts, inventory, and any MySQL-stored data.

Compatible databases

MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server, Amazon Aurora MySQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Google Cloud SQL for MySQL

Good to know

• Query language: SQL
• Built into Grafana, with nothing extra to install
• A general-purpose database, not a time-series store like Prometheus or InfluxDB

Best for

• Application dashboards
• Data already in MySQL or compatible databases
• Combining technical and application metrics

Tip: MySQL is a general-purpose database rather than a time-series store like Prometheus or InfluxDB. As a general practice, point Grafana at a read replica for complex queries or large datasets so they don’t impact your production database.

Set it up

Open this path in your Grafana Cloud stack for a fully interactive experience, or read through it to understand the process first.