# Slow Query Log

- [Slow Query Log Overview](/docs/server/server-management/server-monitoring-logs/slow-query-log/slow-query-log-overview.md): Complete Slow Query Log Overview guide for MariaDB. Complete reference documentation for implementation, configuration, and usage for production use.
- [EXPLAIN in the Slow Query Log](/docs/server/server-management/server-monitoring-logs/slow-query-log/explain-in-the-slow-query-log.md): Describes how to configure MariaDB to automatically write the \`EXPLAIN\` plan for slow queries to the log using the \`log\_slow\_verbosity\` system variable.
- [log\_slow\_always\_query\_time System Variable](/docs/server/server-management/server-monitoring-logs/slow-query-log/log_slow_always_query_time-system-variable.md): Documentation for the \`log\_slow\_always\_query\_time\` variable, which forces queries executed by a specific function or user to be logged regardless of their execution time.