MySQL monitoring with Datadog

This post discusses how to set up comprehensive MySQL monitoring by installing the Datadog Agent on database servers. It covers integrating Datadog with MySQL, configuring the Agent to collect MySQL metrics, and enabling additional checks for more advanced metrics. The post also explains how to use Datadog Database Monitoring (DBM) to view historical query performance metrics, explain plans, and other query-level information. Additionally, it explores tracing MySQL queries with APM and setting up log collection from MySQL to Datadog. By integrating MySQL with Datadog, users can access all their database metrics in one place and easily create automated alerts on any metric.