> ## Documentation Index
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# MySQL

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<Note>
  This feature is available as an add-on for the [Honeycomb Enterprise plan](https://www.honeycomb.io/pricing/).
  Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.
</Note>

## Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| :- | :- | :- | :- |
| Linux | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | |
| macOS | ✓ | ✓ | |

## Prerequisites

This source supports MySQL versions 5.7 and 8.0.

## Configuration Table

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :- | :- | :- | :- |
| telemetry\_types | `telemetrySelector` | `["Logs", "Metrics"]` | Choose Telemetry Type. |
| enable\_general\_log | `bool` | false | Enable to read and parse the general log file. |
| general\_log\_paths | `strings` | `- \"/var/log/mysql/general.log\"` | Path to the general log file(s). |
| enable\_slow\_log | `bool` | true | Enable to read and parse the slow query log. |
| slow\_query\_log\_paths | `strings` | `- \"/var/log/mysql/slow*.log\"` | Path to the slow query log file(s). |
| enable\_error\_log | `bool` | true | Enable to read and parse the error log. |
| error\_log\_paths | `strings` | For CentOS / RHEL: `- \"/var/log/mysqld.log\"` \nFor SLES: `- \"/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log\"` \nFor Debian / Ubuntu: `- \"/var/log/mysql/error.log\"` | Path to the error log file(s). |
| start\_at | `enum` | end | Start reading the file from the 'beginning' or 'end'. |
| username\* | `string` | | Username used to authenticate. |
| password\* | `string` | | Password used to authenticate. |
| endpoint | `string` | localhost:3306 | The endpoint of the MySQL server. |
| transport | `enum` | tcp | The transport protocol used to connect to MySQL. |
| database | `string` | | The database name. If not specified, metrics will be collected for all databases. |
| collection\_interval | `int` | 60 | Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics. |