Personal blog of Yzmir Ramirez

A vulnerability has been discovered in all versions of Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM). There is no evidence this vulnerability has been exploited in the wild, and no customer data has been exposed. Vulnerability details This vulnerability stems from the way PMM handles input for MySQL services and agent actions. By abusing specific API endpoints, […]

Monitoring your databases is critical, especially in Kubernetes environments where visibility and automation are key. That’s why, in Percona Everest 1.6.0, we introduced a highly requested feature: the ability to automatically deploy Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) as part of the Everest Helm chart using just one flag. This simplifies the process for teams who […]

Evolution is one of the inherent traits of modern software. Many people reach out to product teams daily, asking to add more functionality to the software products they use and love. This is understandable: there will always be ways to make a product better by adding more features to the users’ delight so they can […]

Database disasters come with a hefty price tag. According to Information Technology Intelligence Consulting’s 2024 Hourly Cost of Downtime Report, 41% of enterprises face downtime costs ranging from $1 million to over $5 million per hour of outage. How can enterprises ensure their critical database infrastructure remains healthy and performant? This question keeps IT leaders […]

This article will be helpful if you use the Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) instance and alert notifications, as it is nice to capture the image of the graph when you receive the alert. We will see how to capture and attach the image of the graph when receiving the alert notification (email, telegram, Slack, […]

We’ve received numerous reports about issues occurring with Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) when updating to the latest version (currently 2.42.0), or updating to any version from an old version (2.37.1 and before) using the update button on the UI.  Symptoms PMM won’t show any notifications on the UI about new available versions if: You’ve […]

In this blog post, we will show you how to add external exporters to Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) and monitor various services. Our focus will be on Valkey/Redis, but the principles apply to other technologies as well. PMM uses VictoriaMetrics, which is compatible with Prometheus. Prometheus has numerous exporters that you can use.  When […]

Ensuring your monitoring system stays up and running is vital. High availability (HA) minimizes downtime for Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) during hardware failures, in times of disaster recovery, or increased usage of the tool. It’s not just about extra storage, RAM, or CPU but rather having redundant systems ready to take over seamlessly, like […]

Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) has become a valuable tool for database professionals, providing comprehensive insights into database health and performance. A recent update (version 2.41.0) introduced a significant enhancement: the ability to run PMM in high availability (HA) mode. This feature, currently in technical preview, offers exciting possibilities for ensuring the reliability and robustness […]

The Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Amazon Machine Image (AMI) currently lacks native support for ENV variables. In this guide, we’ll walk through a straightforward workaround that simplifies the process of using ENV variables in PMM AMI and reapplying them after an upgrade.Step one: Adding ENV variables to /srv/.envBegin by consolidating your ENV variables in […]