How to: Install the NewRelic Server Monitoring agent on Ubuntu
is a company that offer monitoring services for all your web applications. It has support for a wide variety of technologies, primarily does centered around web applications/sites. In order to install the NewRelic Server Monitoring agent on an Ubuntu box simply follow these instructions:
sudo bash echo deb newrelic non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic.list wget -O- | apt-key add – update apt-get install newrelic-sysmond nrsysmond-config –set license_key=YOUR.LICENSE.KEY.GOES.HERE nano /etc/newrelic/nrsysmond.cfg /etc/init.d/newrelic-sysmond start
I´ll walk you through the steps here:
Start a super admin terminal session to avoid any issues with permissions (using sudo on everything is just tiresome) sudo bash Add the NewRelic distribution list to your system echo deb newrelic non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic.list Get the key for the distribution packages wget -O- | apt-key add – Update the list of available packages apt-get update Install the latest NewRelic system monitoring daemon apt-get install newrelic-sysmond Configure your server license so the information gets to your dashboards nrsysmond–config –set license_key=YOUR.LICENSE.KEY.GOES.HERE Configure your options. I particular like turning on SSL nano /etc/newrelic/nrsysmond.cfg ssl=true Start the NewRelic Server Monitor Agent daemon /etc/init.d/newrelic-sysmond start Enjoy!
Here is a sample of the /etc/newrelic/nrsysmond.cfg file with the descriptions so you can see if there is one you wish to modify:
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