Tailing MariaDB database changes like tailing the MongoDB oplog

Question

Is there a way to listen for database changes in MySQL/MariaDB, in the same way you can tail the MongoDB oplog? I am having trouble finding information on this online. Perhaps it's only available in Postgres and not with MySQL.

Answer 1

Plan A: Turn on the "general log". All queries will be written to that log. Be sure to turn it off pretty quickly; else the disk will fill up.

Plan B: Turn on the binlog. That contains all "writes". There is a program to display the contents of that log.