Hardware and software requirements for the Splunk Add-on for MySQL¶
Enable MySQL logs¶
You must enable the following MySQL logs.If you don’t enable any of the logs, you won’t collect them. See the following instructions for information:
Version 5.7¶
- Slow query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/slow-query-log.html
- General query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/query-log.html
- Error log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/error-log.html
Version 8.0.x¶
- Slow query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/slow-query-log.html
- General query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/query-log.html
- Error log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/error-log.html
Version 8.4.x¶
- Slow query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/slow-query-log.html
- General query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/query-log.html
- Error log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/error-log.html
Version 9.2.x¶
- Slow query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/9.2/en/slow-query-log.html
- General query log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/9.2/en/query-log.html
- Error log: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/9.2/en/error-log.html
Splunk DB Connect¶
You must have Splunk DB Connect installed to your heavy forwarders to collect MySQL performance and configuration logs with this add-on. The Splunk Add-on for MySQL works with DB Connect versions 3.5.1 and later. See Deploy and Use Splunk DB Connect in the Splunk DB Connect manual for information.
Splunk platform requirements¶
Because this add-on runs on the Splunk platform, all of the system requirements apply for the Splunk software that you use to run this add-on.
- For Splunk Enterprise system requirements, see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
- If you are managing on-premises forwarders to get data into Splunk Cloud, see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual, which includes information about forwarders.