Note that you may need additional packages aside from the main MySQL code in order to make your application function. For instance, if you were going to use a PHP-based application with MySQL, you ...

How to connect Grafana to MySQL. Log into your Grafana instance, and click the hamburger (3 horizontal lines) icon in the left sidebar. From the resulting pop-up, click Add new connection (Figure A).

From the window, select Connect to an existing database and, from the drop-down, select MySQL. Click Next and then make sure Connect using JDBC is selected (Figure B). Figure B.