# For all the following commands HOME should be set to the directory that has .my.cnf file with password information.

# Flexible parameter to grab global variables. On the frontend side, use keys like mysql.status[Com_insert].

# Key syntax is mysql.status[variable].

UserParameter=mysql.status[*],echo "show global status where Variable_name='$1';" | HOME=/etc/zabbix mysql -N | awk '{print $$2}'

# Flexible parameter to determine database or table size. On the frontend side, use keys like mysql.size[zabbix,history,data].

# Key syntax is mysql.size[<database>,<table>,<type>].

# Database may be a database name or "all". Default is "all".

# Table may be a table name or "all". Default is "all".

# Type may be "data", "index", "free" or "both". Both is a sum of data and index. Default is "both".

# Database is mandatory if a table is specified. Type may be specified always.

# Returns value in bytes.

# 'sum' on data_length or index_length alone needed when we are getting this information for whole database instead of a single table

UserParameter=mysql.size[*],echo "select sum($(case "$" in both|"") echo "data_length+index_length";; data|index) echo "$3_length";; free) echo "data_free";; esac)) from information_schema.tables$([[ "$" = "all" || ! "$" ]] || echo " where table_schema='$1'")$([[ "$" = "all" || ! "$" ]] || echo "and table_name='$2'");" | HOME=/etc/zabbix mysql -N

UserParameter=mysql.ping,HOME=/etc/zabbix mysqladmin ping | grep -c alive

UserParameter=mysql.version,mysql -V

[mysql]

host=localhost

user=zabbix

password=zabbix

socket=/tmp/mysql.sock

[mysqladmin]

host=localhost

user=zabbix

password=zabbix

socket=/tmp/mysql.sock