title: MySQL: Status of Daemon
agents: linux
catalog: app/mysql
license: GPLv2
distribution: check_mk
description:
 This check checks if the MySQL daemon is alive and a connection is possible.
 Otherwise it returns {CRIT}. This check can also be used to detect wrong or
 unconfigured mk_mysql plugins.

 This check needs the agent plug-in {mk_mysql} to be installed.
 Further details about this plug-in and monitoring of MySQL can be
 found in the Checkmk online documentation in the article
 "Monitoring MySQL with Checkmk".

item:
 Name of the MySQL service

discovery:
 One service is created for each instance on each host where the agent plugin
 {mk_mysql} is installed.
