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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ NOTE: Not all collection methods are supported on MySQL < 5.6

```sql
CREATE USER 'exporter'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'XXXXXXXX' WITH MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 3;
GRANT PROCESS, REPLICATION CLIENT, SELECT ON *.* TO 'exporter'@'localhost';
GRANT PROCESS, REPLICATION CLIENT ON *.* TO 'exporter'@'localhost';
GRANT SELECT ON `information_schema`.* TO 'exporter'@'localhost';
GRANT SELECT ON `performance_schema`.* TO 'exporter'@'localhost';
```

NOTE: It is recommended to set a max connection limit for the user to avoid overloading the server with monitoring scrapes under heavy load.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -108,6 +110,11 @@ reference heartbeat implementation supported.

[pth]:https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.2/pt-heartbeat.html

You will need to grant the exporter access to the heartbeat table:

```sql
GRANT SELECT ON `<db_name>.<table_name>` TO 'exporter'@'localhost';
```

## Prometheus Configuration

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