Live Functions for Database & Network Monitoring: Interactive Diagnostics, Zero SSH

What You'll Learn

Tracking down a slow query usually means SSH-ing into a database server, running diagnostic SQL, and piecing together the results. Netdata Live Functions eliminate that workflow entirely. In this webinar, we'll walk through the new interactive functions now available for 14+ databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, ClickHouse, Oracle, Redis, and more, plus SNMP network interfaces. You'll see how to surface top queries by execution time and resource consumption, catch deadlocks and SQL errors as they happen, inspect running queries and the clients behind them, and monitor SNMP interface traffic and status. All of this from the Netdata dashboard's Top tab, with no database credentials, no CLI tools, and no context switching. Whether you're a DBA, SRE, or platform engineer managing dozens of database instances, this session will show you a faster path from alert to root cause.

Key Takeaways

See a live demo of interactive query analysis across PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, and more

Learn how to identify resource-heavy and high-frequency queries without connecting to the database directly

Understand how deadlock detection and SQL error tracking work in real time for MySQL and SQL Server

Watch SNMP network interface monitoring in action: traffic, errors, discards, and operational status at a glance

Get practical guidance on enabling the required database-side prerequisites (Query Store, pg_stat_statements, profiling)