The Root user: This user is the
administrator of the MySQL Enterprise Dashboard. The first time you log in to
the dashboard, log in as this user. The default user name for this
user is admin
. You choose the password for this
user.
The Agent user: The Monitor Agent
needs to report the status of the MySQL server it is monitoring.
For this reason it needs to log in to the dashboard. The default
user name for this user is agent
. You choose
the password for this user.
The Monitor Agent communicates both with the Dashboard, and with the MySQL server it is monitoring. For a description of the agent as a MySQL user, see Section 15.6.1.1, “Existing Users”.