Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for MySQL

Release history for the Splunk Add-on for MySQL

Latest version

The latest version of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL is version 3.1.0. See Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for MySQL for the release notes of this latest version.

Version 3.0.0

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL was released on August 12, 2021.

About this release

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions 8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM 14.20.0
ITSI 4.9.2
Platforms Windows and Linux
Vendor Products MySQL 5.7, 8.0.25

New features

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following new features.

  • Support for MySQL 8.0.25.
  • Removed support for MySQL 5.6.
  • Removed UI.
  • Removed automation around creating monitor stanzas.
  • Removed support for mysqlbinlog tool.
  • Removed support for mysqldiskusage tool.
  • Removed support for these source types:
    • mysql:errorLog:mysqld_safe
    • mysql:file_summary_by_instance
    • mysql:file_summary_by_event_name
    • mysql:hostSummary
    • mysql:events_waits_summary_global_by_event_name
    • mysql:events_waits_summary_by_user_by_event_name
    • mysql:events_statements_summary_by_user_by_event_name
    • mysql:events_statements_summary_by_host_by_event_name
    • mysql:events_statements_summary_by_digest
    • mysql:statementsWithRuntimesIn95Percentile
    • mysql:ioByThreadByLatency
    • mysql:userSummary
    • mysql:table_io_waits_summary_by_index_usage
    • mysql:schemaTableStatsBuffer
    • mysql:tableStatsBuffer
    • mysql:diskUsage
    • mysql:binLog


Fixed issues

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following fixed issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Known issues

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following known issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Third-party software attributions

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL does not use any third-party libraries.


Version 2.0.2

About this release

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 8.0.x
CIM 4.14
Platforms Windows and Linux
Vendor Products MySQL 5.6, 5.7

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

New features

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following new features.

  • Default support for Python3
  • Enhanced python library structure

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following fixed issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Date resolved Issue number Description
2020-07-10 ADDON-26828 Addons unable to load UI or collect data on Splunk 8.0.4, 8.0.2004 and Splunk 8.0.5
2020-06-30 ADDON-26889, ADDON-26876, ADDON-26892 Fix UI and Data collection of Addon on Splunk 8.0.4 and 8.0.2004

Known issues

Version 2.0.2 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following known issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL incorporates the following third party software components:



Version 2.0.1

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL was released on March 10, 2020.

About this release

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x
CIM 4.14
Platforms Windows and Linux
Vendor Products MySQL 5.6, 5.7

New features

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following new features.

  • Default support for Python3

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following fixed issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Known issues

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following known issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Date filed Issue number Description
2020-06-01 ADDON-26889, ADDON-26876, ADDON-26892 Fix UI and Data collection of Addon on Splunk 8.0.4 and 8.0.2004


Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.1 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL incorporates the following third party software components:


Version 2.0.0

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL was released on January 24, 2020.

About this release

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 8.0.x
CIM 4.14
Platforms Windows and Linux
Vendor Products MySQL 5.6, 5.7

New features

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following new features.

  • Support for Python3
  • Support for Splunk DB Connect 3

Fixed issues

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following fixed issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Known issues

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following known issues. If no issues appear, then none have been reported.


Date filed Issue number Description
2020-06-01 ADDON-26889, ADDON-26876, ADDON-26892 Fix UI and Data collection of Addon on Splunk 8.0.4 and 8.0.2004

Third-party software attributions

Version 2.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL incorporates the following third party software components:



Version 1.1.0

Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions 6.6.x, 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x
CIM 4.11
Platforms Windows and Linux
Vendor Products MySQL 5.6, 5.7

New features

Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following new features.

Date Issue number Description
2016-03-31 ADDON-7312 Update add-on to support ITSI integration. Add new source types and provide mapping to the ITSI Database module.

Fixed issues

Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following fixed issues.

Date Issue number Description
2016-02-03 ADDON-7654 The field "uptime" in source type [mysql:status] is not extracted as expected.

Known issues

Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following known issues.

Date Issue number Description
2016-04-19 ADDON-8226 The show statement in a Splunk search (for example, show tables) works if the add-on is configured in the Splunk Add-on for MySQL setup UI (wherein the inputs.conf for DB Connect is generated automatically) or if the add-on is configured directly in the inputs.conf of DB Connect. However it does not work when DB Connect inputs are configured through the DB Connect web UI. Workaround: Use the latest version of DB Connect (2.1.3 or later) and add enable_query_wrapping = 0 to the corresponding connection stanza in the local/db_connections.conf.
2016-04-05 ADDON-8578 Failure to get events for sourcetype=mysql:processInfo when sql_mode "ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY" is on. See workaround in Troubleshooting section.
2016-03-01 ADDON-8064 Queries on mysql_variables fails if @@global.show_compatibility_56 is not set. See workaround in Troubleshooting section.
2016-02-23 ADDON-7922 DB Connect Query results in error when querying for Username field. See workaround in Troubleshooting section.
2015-12-18 ADDON-4936 In search results, some events are displayed on multiple lines instead of one continuous line.
2016-01-30 ADDON-8695 FIPS mode is not supported by this add-on. For a workaround, see Add-ons and FIPS mode in the Splunk Add-ons manual.

Note: Versions 3.0.3 and earlier of Splunk DB Connect do not support a new installation of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL. To configure inputs using versions 3.0.3 and earlier of Splunk DB Connect, see Use the Splunk DB Connect GUI to configure your database inputs for details.

Third-party software attributions

Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL incorporates the Httplib2 Python library and SortedContainers.


Version 1.0.0

Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the same compatibility specifications as version 1.1.0.

New features

Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following new features.

Date Issue number Description
08/20/15 ADDON-603 New add-on providing inputs and CIM normalization for MySQL.

Known issues

Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL has the following known issue.

Date Issue number Description
2016-01-30 ADDON-7646 FIPS mode is not supported by this add-on. For a workaround, see Add-ons and FIPS mode in the Splunk Add-ons manual.

Third-party software attributions

Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for MySQL incorporates the Httplib2 Python library and SortedContainers.

Last modified on 22 July, 2022
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