# Database Monitoring and Management

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## [About the Database Monitoring and Management category](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-the-database-monitoring-and-management-category/39)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forums.percona.com/u/system)\
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General discussions and themes around monitoring and management practices.

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## [PMM Backup & Restore: configure storage from Kubernetes / Percona Operator backup settings?](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-backup-restore-configure-storage-from-kubernetes-percona-operator-backup-settings/41070)

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**Author:** [@tra\_for](https://forums.percona.com/u/tra_for)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-backup-restore-configure-storage-from-kubernetes-percona-operator-backup-settings/41070 "2026-07-16T13:59:07Z")

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Hi Percona team, We are running Percona Server for MongoDB Operator with PMM enabled. PMM is successfully showing backup activity/status in dashboards, so it can observe backups created by the operator/PBM. The gap is …

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## [PMM Client Credentials in Helm Chart](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-client-credentials-in-helm-chart/40068)

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**Author:** [@Rodrigo\_Junior\_de\_As](https://forums.percona.com/u/Rodrigo_Junior_de_As)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-client-credentials-in-helm-chart/40068 "2026-01-29T13:07:33Z")

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How to configure PMM Client credentials in Percona Mongodb Chart in a way that PMM Server can list all backups, storages, etc? Custom sidecar?

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## [Mongodb\_exporter failed to create PBM client from uri](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-exporter-failed-to-create-pbm-client-from-uri/39224)

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**Author:** [@Pjotz](https://forums.percona.com/u/Pjotz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-exporter-failed-to-create-pbm-client-from-uri/39224 "2026-01-12T11:13:35Z")

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I´m stuck at an issue with percona\_mongodb\_exporter, the log is getting flooded with the error below, wich results in extreme memory usage, and cpu usage. everything is running in containers. After some time, the contai…

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## [How to monitor AWS RDS spreaded across 100+ accounts using PMM](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-aws-rds-spreaded-across-100-accounts-using-pmm/39782)

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**Author:** [@Sarma\_Chavali](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sarma_Chavali)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-aws-rds-spreaded-across-100-accounts-using-pmm/39782 "2025-11-25T13:41:43Z")

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Hi all, I have a typical scenario, We have speeded RDS Aurora instances across multiple AWS accounts; Is there a easy way to monitor using single IAM role attached to PMM EC2 machine; We are using PMM3.x version. Any …

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## [Issue Accessing Innodb\_dict\_tables Metric – Permissions or Configuration?](https://forums.percona.com/t/issue-accessing-innodb-dict-tables-metric-permissions-or-configuration/38516)

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**Author:** [@SQLCaesar](https://forums.percona.com/u/SQLCaesar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/issue-accessing-innodb-dict-tables-metric-permissions-or-configuration/38516 "2025-07-03T23:43:12Z")

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Hi all, We’re trying to monitor our Percona-XtraDB-Cluster using the LogicMonitor monitoring tool. While we are successfully receiving basic MySQL metrics, we’re having trouble accessing the Innodb\_dict\_tables metric. L…

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## [Where to find these these in mongodb monitoring in pmm dashboards](https://forums.percona.com/t/where-to-find-these-these-in-mongodb-monitoring-in-pmm-dashboards/36709)

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**Author:** [@Pramod\_Kumar\_Gupta](https://forums.percona.com/u/Pramod_Kumar_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/where-to-find-these-these-in-mongodb-monitoring-in-pmm-dashboards/36709 "2025-02-15T13:23:23Z")

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Scan and order Execution Count P50 latency P95 latency P99 latency Keys Examined Num Yields UnusedIndexes - in every collection perindex performance metric

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## [About pmm3-client](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-pmm3-client/36034)

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**Author:** [@huangsijun17](https://forums.percona.com/u/huangsijun17)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-pmm3-client/36034 "2025-01-09T10:10:40Z")

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Is pmm3-client already released in Beta? I checked the documentation of Percona Monitoring and Management 3.x and saw how to install pmm3-client. But when I tried to install it, I found that after enabling pmm3-client in…

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## [PMM - Query Analytics](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-query-analytics/35988)

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**Author:** [@percona\_mm](https://forums.percona.com/u/percona_mm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-query-analytics/35988 "2025-01-08T18:11:35Z")

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Hi We installed PMM Version 2.43.2 and we can monitor 3 servers where we installed Percona Xtra Cluster, except on dashboard “PMM Query Analytics”, here just appear pmm-server and we can’t add the 3 servers. Please adv…

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## [MongoDB replica set member replication lag issue](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-replica-set-member-replication-lag-issue/29694)

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**Author:** [@manishkr47](https://forums.percona.com/u/manishkr47)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-replica-set-member-replication-lag-issue/29694 "2024-04-27T16:19:23Z")

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I have added mongo as a service through pmm UI, when i am checking replication lag for any replica set if one node is going into lag all nodes on replication lag monitoring dashboard showing in lag with same amout.how t…

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## [Upgrade Percona PMM 2.41.x issues (Appliance)](https://forums.percona.com/t/upgrade-percona-pmm-2-41-x-issues-appliance/29262)

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**Author:** [@the\_driver\_123](https://forums.percona.com/u/the_driver_123)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/upgrade-percona-pmm-2-41-x-issues-appliance/29262 "2024-04-09T14:36:03Z")

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Dear all, from 2.41.0 we have issues using the upgrade functionalities (2.41.1 e 2.41.2) The upgrade script loops, with this error: Installed Packages Name : pmm-update Version : 2.41.2 Release : …

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## [Pmm-client container json logs](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-client-container-json-logs/28628)

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**Author:** [@Jakub\_Noga](https://forums.percona.com/u/Jakub_Noga)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-client-container-json-logs/28628 "2024-02-22T07:51:08Z")

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Hello, I have docker container with image percona/pmm-client:2.41.1 and I need logs from agent in the JSON so I can push them into ES. I know that pmm-agent tool has flag --json unfortunately this cannot be used during…

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## [Error in MongoDB backup trying to create a backup](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-in-mongodb-backup-trying-to-create-a-backup/27807)

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**Author:** [@Enrico\_Bevilacqua](https://forums.percona.com/u/Enrico_Bevilacqua)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/error-in-mongodb-backup-trying-to-create-a-backup/27807 "2024-01-24T17:11:38Z")

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I’m trying to create a backup to do a test, one first On Demand backup on a three nodes replica set with this Service name: percona-mongodb-mongodb percona-mongodb-2-mongodb percona-mongodb-3-mongodb It seems to me th…

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## [Percona Monitoring and Management for monitoring AWS RDS Aurora mysql clusters](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-monitoring-and-management-for-monitoring-aws-rds-aurora-mysql-clusters/26287)

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**Author:** [@Enin\_Kaduk](https://forums.percona.com/u/Enin_Kaduk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-monitoring-and-management-for-monitoring-aws-rds-aurora-mysql-clusters/26287 "2023-11-03T17:47:45Z")

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Hello, I am trying out PMM for monitoring RDS aurora clusters, my end goal would be to detect noisy neighbour problems in a centralized way, the UI seems a nice fit for it. I set up the connection with an aurora RDS cl…

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## [Adding an External service via UI - Custom labels](https://forums.percona.com/t/adding-an-external-service-via-ui-custom-labels/26273)

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**Author:** [@MirSos](https://forums.percona.com/u/MirSos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/adding-an-external-service-via-ui-custom-labels/26273 "2023-10-31T14:59:29Z")

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Hello, I wonder how can I add external service, I check many options for Custom labels but any of then don’t work. I try to find some examples in documentation I stuck on:

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## [Innodb Main thread utilization parameter](https://forums.percona.com/t/innodb-main-thread-utilization-parameter/25898)

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**Author:** [@Nanuka](https://forums.percona.com/u/Nanuka)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/innodb-main-thread-utilization-parameter/25898 "2023-10-25T07:08:52Z")

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Hi, last period I am seeing this pic on pmm, I can not find enough information about Innodb Main thread utilization parameter\`, This may be actual trigger for the IO problems what I have expirienced on my pxc cluster . …

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## [Percona does not load new mongodb service](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-does-not-load-new-mongodb-service/26008)

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**Author:** [@Diego\_Pozo](https://forums.percona.com/u/Diego_Pozo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-does-not-load-new-mongodb-service/26008 "2023-10-18T12:26:57Z")

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hello guys, I have a server with rocky linux 9, with a docker with mongobd 4.4, the pmm client is installed and it is supposed to be sending data to my pmm server but it does not reflect in the dashboards Although…

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## [How can I get collstats for all namespaces using mongodb exporter?](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-get-collstats-for-all-namespaces-using-mongodb-exporter/25967)

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**Author:** [@illa0421c](https://forums.percona.com/u/illa0421c)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-can-i-get-collstats-for-all-namespaces-using-mongodb-exporter/25967 "2023-10-18T11:17:53Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to collect collstats using mongodb exporter. However, the --mongodb.collstats-colls option only seems to work when I provide the exact namespace, and it doesn’t work when I only provide the database na…

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## [About xbcloud get file storage location](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-xbcloud-get-file-storage-location/25841)

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**Author:** [@pmmChobo](https://forums.percona.com/u/pmmChobo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-xbcloud-get-file-storage-location/25841 "2023-10-12T04:39:14Z")

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I executed the following command xbcloud get --storage=s3 --s3-endpoint=\[endpoint-address\] --s3-access-key=\[access-key\] --s3-secret-key=\[secret-key\] --s3-bucket=\[bucket-name\] --s3-region=us-east-1 --parallel=10 \[backup-…

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## [PMM Server deployed on k8s - failed to establish two-way communication channel](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-deployed-on-k8s-failed-to-establish-two-way-communication-channel/22708)

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**Author:** [@bruno\_aleon](https://forums.percona.com/u/bruno_aleon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-server-deployed-on-k8s-failed-to-establish-two-way-communication-channel/22708 "2023-09-29T17:07:24Z")

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Hi guys, Can the PMM Server be deployed on k8s? I’m trying to deploy the PMM Server on k8s but I’m facing many errors on client side and server doesn’t show the source/client on dashboard. pmm-admin config --server-in…

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## [How to monitor MYSQL container on other server with PMM](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-mysql-container-on-other-server-with-pmm/23440)

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**Author:** [@Arul\_Ferian\_Ramadlon](https://forums.percona.com/u/Arul_Ferian_Ramadlon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-mysql-container-on-other-server-with-pmm/23440 "2023-07-10T06:10:26Z")

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If i want to monitor mysql-db (in docker container) on other server, which PMM server on other host (in VM/not in docker)… is this possible and what is the best way?.. Thanks

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## [Pmm-agent registration error](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-agent-registration-error/22480)

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**Author:** [@farhan.ext](https://forums.percona.com/u/farhan.ext)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-agent-registration-error/22480 "2023-06-23T13:36:29Z")

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Hello, getting below error on one of the node while registering pmm-agen, anyone please help: Failed to register pmm-agent on PMM Server: Post “https://serverIP:443/v1/management/Node/Register”: Service Unavailable. t…

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## [Need to set Region and environment of already added MySQL Nodes](https://forums.percona.com/t/need-to-set-region-and-environment-of-already-added-mysql-nodes/22670)

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**Author:** [@farhan.ext](https://forums.percona.com/u/farhan.ext)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/need-to-set-region-and-environment-of-already-added-mysql-nodes/22670 "2023-06-14T05:32:38Z")

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Hello, I have added few MySQL nodes in PMM using command like below, but I need to set the Region and Environment of these nodes now: Region will include our geographical data center locations and Environment will be P…

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## [PMM data source recommendation for MariaDB](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-data-source-recommendation-for-mariadb/22106)

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**Author:** [@msutic](https://forums.percona.com/u/msutic)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2023, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-data-source-recommendation-for-mariadb/22106 "2023-05-24T07:26:25Z")

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Hello, In PMM docs I have noticed that data source recommendation for MariaDB 10.0+ is Performance schema. As I can see MariaDB supports extended log statistics like Percona which is why it is confusing for me that for…

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## [QAN MySQL Slowlog Agent status UNKNOWN](https://forums.percona.com/t/qan-mysql-slowlog-agent-status-unknown/21903)

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**Author:** [@Fandi\_Ivon](https://forums.percona.com/u/Fandi_Ivon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/qan-mysql-slowlog-agent-status-unknown/21903 "2023-05-09T16:41:24Z")

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Hi, I have installed PMM Server and register client succesfully. Through the percona web UI and from command line, looks like all is running well except Slowlog Agent state is UNKNOWN. PMM Server : Docker , version …

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## [Duplicate nodes after add remote PostgresInstance](https://forums.percona.com/t/duplicate-nodes-after-add-remote-postgresinstance/20869)

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**Author:** [@ps1xReboot](https://forums.percona.com/u/ps1xReboot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/duplicate-nodes-after-add-remote-postgresinstance/20869 "2023-03-24T06:14:17Z")

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Hello. I installed PMM server and client according to I installed an agent on my Linux where I have PostgreSQL. I immediately saw my node on OS Tab. After adding the remote Postgresql instance, another node without m…

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## [PMM UI tools for the PBM backup management?](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-ui-tools-for-the-pbm-backup-management/20373)

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**Author:** [@Tim\_Heckel1](https://forums.percona.com/u/Tim_Heckel1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-ui-tools-for-the-pbm-backup-management/20373 "2023-03-02T10:31:41Z")

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Hi all - I have pbm successfully installed on my mongodb cluster, as well as pmm server/clients set up for monitoring the mongodb service. I am wondering if there is any kind of plugin that can be installed on PMM that e…

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## [Ports required for PMM](https://forums.percona.com/t/ports-required-for-pmm/20281)

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**Author:** [@joe1](https://forums.percona.com/u/joe1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/ports-required-for-pmm/20281 "2023-03-01T11:22:32Z")

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Regarding Network - Percona Monitoring and Management, specifically the 7771 and 8428 ports, are these are like at tunnel or websocket? What I trying to understand is whether both the agent and server both listen on port…

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## [PMM username and password invalid](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-username-and-password-invalid/19919)

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**Author:** [@Naga\_rajan](https://forums.percona.com/u/Naga_rajan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/pmm-username-and-password-invalid/19919 "2023-02-04T07:31:45Z")

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Hi Team, In AWS-EKS, I deployed PMM v2.34.0 https://github.com/percona/percona-helm-charts/blob/main/charts/pmm/values.yaml for PSMDB cr.yaml v1.13.0 to monitoring the dashboard. In PMM chart secrets changed it as fals…

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## [Can PMM server monitor Fujitsu Postgres Enterprise?](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-pmm-server-monitor-fujitsu-postgres-enterprise/19518)

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**Author:** [@D\_i\_Nguy\_n](https://forums.percona.com/u/D_i_Nguy_n)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/can-pmm-server-monitor-fujitsu-postgres-enterprise/19518 "2023-01-09T15:26:24Z")

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Hi everyone, Currently, i have one server installed Fujitsu Postgres Enterprise version 14 (server A) and one server contain docker PMM-server (serverB). I installed pmm-agent on server A and it registered, but when i a…

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