---
title: "Using the MariaDB Audit Plugin with MySQL"
publish_date: 2016-12-06
updated_date: 2019-08-20
author: "Geoff Montee"
tags:
  - name: "audit"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/audit.md"
  - name: "How to"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/how-to.md"
  - name: "MySQL"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mysql.md"
  - name: "Plugin"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/plugin.md"
  - name: "Security"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/security.md"
---

# Using the MariaDB Audit Plugin with MySQL

The [MariaDB audit plugin](https://staging-mdb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mariadb-audit-plugin/) is an audit plugin that is bundled with MariaDB server. However, even though it is bundled with MariaDB, the plugin is actually compatible with MySQL as well. For a step-by-step guide on how to use the plugin with MySQL, check out my blog post [here](http://www.geoffmontee.com/using-the-mariadb-audit-plugin-with-mysql/)