fleet/tools/percona/pmm

Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM)

Local MySQL performance monitoring using PMM. Tracks query analytics, InnoDB metrics, connection counts, and slow query analysis.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Assumes fleet dev environment running the fleet-mysql-1 container on the fleet_default network.

Setup

1. Start PMM server and client

docker compose up -d

2. Create the PMM monitoring user in MySQL

docker exec -it fleet-mysql-1 mysql -uroot -ptoor -e "
  CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'pmm'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmm';
  GRANT SELECT, PROCESS, REPLICATION CLIENT, RELOAD, BACKUP_ADMIN ON *.* TO 'pmm'@'%';
"

3. Register the Fleet MySQL instance

docker exec pmm-client pmm-admin add mysql \
  --username=pmm \
  --password=pmm \
  --host=mysql \
  --port=3306 \
  --query-source=perfschema \
  --service-name=fleet-mysql

--host=mysql refers to the mysql service name from the Fleet docker-compose.yml, which resolves within the shared fleet_default network.

Usage

Open https://localhost in your browser.

Note: this local PMM setup uses self-signed TLS, so your browser will typically show a certificate warning for https://localhost. This is expected for local development.

Default credentials: admin / admin. These are development defaults only, not production-grade credentials. Change the default admin password in the PMM UI after signing in if you need stronger local access control.

Troubleshooting

PMM stops collecting metrics / MySQL becomes unresponsive

PMM may lose its connection to the service. Remove and re-add the service to restore monitoring:

docker exec pmm-client pmm-admin remove mysql fleet-mysql
docker exec pmm-client pmm-admin add mysql \
  --username=pmm \
  --password=pmm \
  --host=mysql \
  --port=3306 \
  --query-source=perfschema \
  --service-name=fleet-mysql

Teardown

docker compose down

To also remove all collected data:

docker compose down -v