Learn how to set up MySQL user accounts with role-based access profiles, secure configurations, and consistent privilege management across environments.

A secure and standardised approach to accessing MySQL in non-production environments using SSH tunneling, with a focus on least privilege and improved access controls.

On 15th August 2024, an incident occurred where the CPUBusyPercent alert did not trigger for one of our Production MySQL Database VMs (DB01), despite the CPU being at 100% for seven minutes. This was unexpected since the threshold settings in LogicMonitor were supposed to trigger alerts under such conditions.