MariaDB database log files

You can monitor the MariaDB error log, slow query log, and the general log. The MariaDB error log is generated by default; you can generate the slow query and general logs by setting parameters in your DB parameter group. Amazon RDS rotates all of the MariaDB log files; the intervals for each type are given following.

You can monitor the MariaDB logs directly through the Amazon RDS console, Amazon RDS API, Amazon RDS CLI, or AWS SDKs. You can also access MariaDB logs by directing the logs to a database table in the main database and querying that table. You can use the mysqlbinlog utility to download a binary log.

For more information about viewing, downloading, and watching file-based database logs, see Monitoring Amazon RDS log files.

Topics

• Accessing MariaDB error logs
• Accessing the MariaDB slow query and general logs
• Publishing MariaDB logs to Amazon CloudWatch Logs
• Log rotation and retention for MariaDB
• Managing table-based MariaDB logs
• Configuring MariaDB binary logging
• Accessing MariaDB binary logs
• Enabling MariaDB binary log annotation