The mysql-proxy administration interface can be accessed using any MySQL client using the standard protocols. You can use the administration interface to gain information about the proxy server as a whole - standard connections to the proxy are isolated to operate as if you were connected directly to the backend MySQL server.

In mysql-proxy 0.8.0 and earlier, a rudimentary interface was built into the proxy. In later versions this was replaced so that you must specify an administration script to be used when users connect to the administration interface.

To use the administration interface, you should specify the username and password required to connect to the admin point (using the --admin-username and --admin-password options). You must also specify the Lua script to be used as the interface to the administration service by using the admin-lua-script script option to point to a Lua script.

For example, you can create a basic interface to the internal components of the mysql-proxy system using the following script, written by Diego Medina:

--[[
   Copyright (C) 2009 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc
   
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.
   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
--]]
-- admin.lua
--[[
    See http://forge.mysql.com/tools/tool.php?id=78
    (Thanks to Jan Kneschke)
    See http://www.chriscalender.com/?p=41
    (Thanks to Chris Calender)
    See http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2009/01/mysql-proxy-is-back.html
    (Thanks Giuseppe Maxia)
--]]
function set_error(errmsg) 
    proxy.response = {
        type = proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_ERR,
        errmsg = errmsg or "error"
    }
end
function read_query(packet)
    if packet:byte() ~= proxy.COM_QUERY then
        set_error("[admin] we only handle text-based queries (COM_QUERY)")
        return proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT
    end
    local query = packet:sub(2)
    local rows = { }
    local fields = { }
    -- try to match the string up to the first non-alphanum
    local f_s, f_e, command = string.find(packet, "^%s*(%w+)", 2)
    local option
    if f_e then
            -- if that match, take the next sub-string as option
            f_s, f_e, option = string.find(packet, "^%s+(%w+)", f_e + 1)
    end
    -- we got our commands, execute it
    if command == "show" and option == "querycounter" then
            ---
            -- proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT requires
            --
            -- proxy.response.type to be either
            -- * proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_OK or
            -- * proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_ERR
            --
            -- for proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_OK you need a resultset
            -- * fields
            -- * rows
            --
            -- for proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_ERR
            -- * errmsg
            proxy.response.type = proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_OK
            proxy.response.resultset = {
                    fields = {
                            { type = proxy.MYSQL_TYPE_LONG, name = "query_counter", },
                    },
                    rows = {
                            { proxy.global.query_counter }
                    }
            }
            -- we have our result, send it back
            return proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT
    elseif command == "show" and option == "myerror" then
            proxy.response.type = proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_ERR
            proxy.response.errmsg = "my first error"
            return proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT
            
    elseif string.sub(packet, 2):lower() == 'select help' then
            return show_process_help()
    
    elseif string.sub(packet, 2):lower() == 'show proxy processlist' then
            return show_process_table()
    elseif query == "SELECT * FROM backends" then
        fields = { 
            { name = "backend_ndx", 
              type = proxy.MYSQL_TYPE_LONG },
            { name = "address",
              type = proxy.MYSQL_TYPE_STRING },
            { name = "state",
              type = proxy.MYSQL_TYPE_STRING },
            { name = "type",
              type = proxy.MYSQL_TYPE_STRING },
        }
        for i = 1, #proxy.global.backends do
            local b = proxy.global.backends[i]
            rows[#rows + 1] = {
                i, b.dst.name, b.state, b.type 
            }
        end
    else
        set_error()
        return proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT
    end
    proxy.response = {
        type = proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_OK,
        resultset = {
            fields = fields,
            rows = rows
        }
    }
    return proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT
end
function make_dataset (header, dataset)
    proxy.response.type = proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_OK
    proxy.response.resultset = {
        fields = {},
        rows = {}
    }
    for i,v in pairs (header) do
        table.insert(proxy.response.resultset.fields, {type = proxy.MYSQL_TYPE_STRING, name = v})
    end
    for i,v in pairs (dataset) do
        table.insert(proxy.response.resultset.rows, v )
    end
    return proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT
end
function show_process_table()
    local dataset = {}
    local header = { 'Id', 'IP Address', 'Time' }
    local rows = {}
    for t_i, t_v in pairs (proxy.global.process) do
        for s_i, s_v in pairs ( t_v ) do
            table.insert(rows, { t_i, s_v.ip, os.date('%c',s_v.ts) })
        end
    end
    return make_dataset(header,rows)
end
function show_process_help()
    local dataset = {}
    local header = { 'command',  'description' }
    local rows = {
        {'SELECT HELP',                 'This command.'},
        {'SHOW PROXY PROCESSLIST',      'Show all connections and their true IP Address.'},
    }
    return make_dataset(header,rows)
end
function dump_process_table()
    proxy.global.initialize_process_table()
    print('current contents of process table')
    for t_i, t_v in pairs (proxy.global.process) do
        print ('session id: ', t_i)
        for s_i, s_v in pairs ( t_v ) do
            print ( '\t', s_i, s_v.ip, s_v.ts )
        end
    end
    print ('---END PROCESS TABLE---')
end
--[[    Help
we use a simple string-match to split commands are word-boundaries
mysql> show querycounter
is split into
command = "show"
option  = "querycounter"
spaces are ignored, the case has to be as is.
mysql> show myerror
returns a error-packet
--]]

The script works in combination with a main proxy script, reporter.lua:

--[[
   Copyright (C) 2009 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc
   
   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.
   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
--]]
-- reporter.lua
--[[
    See http://forge.mysql.com/tools/tool.php?id=78
    (Thanks to Jan Kneschke)
    See http://www.chriscalender.com/?p=41
    (Thanks to Chris Calender)
    See http://datacharmer.blogspot.com/2009/01/mysql-proxy-is-back.html
    (Thanks Giuseppe Maxia)
--]]
proxy.global.query_counter = proxy.global.query_counter or 0
function proxy.global.initialize_process_table()
    if proxy.global.process == nil then
        proxy.global.process = {}
    end
    if proxy.global.process[proxy.connection.server.thread_id] == nil then
        proxy.global.process[proxy.connection.server.thread_id] = {}
    end
end
function read_auth_result( auth )
    local state = auth.packet:byte()
    if state == proxy.MYSQLD_PACKET_OK then
        proxy.global.initialize_process_table()
        table.insert( proxy.global.process[proxy.connection.server.thread_id],
            { ip = proxy.connection.client.src.name, ts = os.time() } )
    end
end
function disconnect_client()
    local connection_id = proxy.connection.server.thread_id
    if connection_id then
        -- client has disconnected, set this to nil
        proxy.global.process[connection_id] = nil
    end
end
---
-- read_query() can return a resultset
--
-- You can use read_query() to return a result-set.
--
-- @param packet the mysql-packet sent by the client
--
-- @return
--   * nothing to pass on the packet as is,
--   * proxy.PROXY_SEND_QUERY to send the queries from the proxy.queries queue
--   * proxy.PROXY_SEND_RESULT to send your own result-set
--
function read_query( packet )
        -- a new query came in in this connection
        -- using proxy.global.* to make it available to the admin plugin
        proxy.global.query_counter = proxy.global.query_counter + 1
end

To use the script, save the first script to a file (admin.lua in the example below) and the other to reporter.lua, and then run mysql-proxy specifying the admin script and a backend MySQL server:

shell> mysql-proxy --admin-lua-script=admin.lua --admin-password=password \ »
     --admin-username=root --backend-addresses=127.0.0.1:3306 -proxy-lua-script=reporter.lua

In a separate window, connect to the MySQL server through the proxy:

shell> mysql --user=root --password=password --port=4040
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1798669
Server version: 5.0.70-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.70-r1
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> 

In another different window, connect to the mysql-proxy admin service using the specified username and password:

shell> mysql --user=root --password=password --port=4041 --host=localhost
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1
Server version: 5.0.99-agent-admin
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql>

You can monitor the status of the proxy by asking for a list of the current active processes:

mysql>  show proxy processlist;
+---------+---------------------+--------------------------+
| Id      | IP Address          | Time                     |
+---------+---------------------+--------------------------+
| 1798669 | 192.168.0.112:52592 | Wed Jan 20 16:58:00 2010 | 
+---------+---------------------+--------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> 

For more information on the example, see MySQL Proxy Admin Example.