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MySQL data source for Grafana

Note: This core plugin was extracted from the grafana/grafana repository and is now bundled with Grafana.

Overview

The MySQL data source plugin for Grafana lets you query and visualize data from MySQL-compatible databases directly in your Grafana dashboards.

Requirements

  • Grafana 12.3.0 or later

Getting started

This plugin is bundled with Grafana — no installation is required for standard Grafana deployments.

  1. Navigate to Connections > Data sources in Grafana.
  2. Click Add data source and search for "MySQL".
  3. Configure the connection settings and click Save & test.

For detailed setup instructions, see the MySQL data source documentation.

Custom Grafana distributions

If you are building a custom Grafana binary or distribution that excludes bundled plugins, you can install this plugin from the Grafana plugin catalog.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at:

https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/datasources/mysql/

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

This plugin is licensed under the AGPL-3.0.

Insights

  • Activity

    Last updated 8 Oct 2026.

    9 releases in the past year.

  • Queries

    518,527,576 total queries served across all Grafana Cloud instances.

Version
13.1.4
Dependencies
  • Grafana >=12.3.0-0
Developer
Grafana Labs

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