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docs: update db connection docs

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Alexander Zobnin
2017-10-22 11:06:48 +03:00
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# SQL Data Source Configuration
## MySQL
In order to use _Direct DB Connection_ feature you should configure SQL data source first.
![Configure MySQL data source](../img/installation-mysql_ds_config.png)
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Select _MySQL_ data source type and provide your database host address and port (3306 is default for MySQL). Fill
database name (usually, `zabbix`) and specify credentials.
## Security notes
### Security notes
As you can see in _User Permission_ note, Grafana doesn't restrict any queries to the database. So you should be careful
and create a special user with limited access to Zabbix database. Grafana-Zabbix plugin uses only `SELECT` queries to
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```sql
GRANT SELECT ON zabbix.* TO 'grafana'@'grafana-host' identified by 'password';
```
## PostgreSQL
Select _PostgreSQL_ data source type and provide your database host address and port (5432 is default). Fill
database name (usually, `zabbix`) and specify credentials.
![Configure PostgreSQL data source](../img/installation-postgres_ds_config.png)
### Security notes
Make sure you use read-only user for Zabbix database.