mattwhittingham / newrelic_plugin

New Relic Ruby Plugin Agent SDK

Home Page:https://newrelic.com/docs/plugin-dev/

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New Relic Platform Agent SDK

Requirements

  • Tested with Ruby 1.8.7, 1.9.3, 2.0.0

Note: In Ruby 1.8.7 SSL is disabled by default due to issues with how Net::HTTP handles connection timeouts.

If you override this the plugin may occasionally stop reporting data and require a restart. To override you can add the following to newrelic: section of the newrelic_config.yml.

 endpoint: 'https://platform-api.newrelic.com'

Get Started

This repo represents the core Ruby gem used to build plugin agents for the New Relic platform. If you are looking to build or use a platform component, please refer to the getting started documentation.

Install this gem by running gem install newrelic_plugin or add it to your bundler Gemfile like this:

gem "newrelic_plugin"

Alternatively you can build and install the gem locally:

git clone git@github.com:newrelic-platform/newrelic_plugin.git
cd newrelic_plugin
rake build
gem install pkg/newrelic_plugin*

Configuration

All configuration is done through the newrelic_plugin.yml file within the config directory of a plugin.

New Relic License Key

The New Relic license key can be configured through the newrelic_plugin.yml file, or through an environment variable.

Config file

newrelic:
  #
  # Update with your New Relic account license key:
  #
  license_key: 'YOUR_LICENSE_KEY_HERE'

Environment variable

When running a plugin, pass the environment variable NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY.

NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY_HERE ./<plugin_bin>

Note: Be sure to comment out the license_key in the newrelic_plugin.yml file when using the environment variable.

Proxy Settings

To configure the proxy settings, edit the newrelic_plugin.yml file and add to the newrelic section:

newrelic:
  proxy:
    address: PROXY_ADDRESS
    port: PROXY_PORT
    user: PROXY_USER
    password: PROXY_PASSWORD

Support

Reach out to us at support.newrelic.com. There you'll find documentation, FAQs, and forums where you can submit suggestions and discuss with staff and other users.

Also available is community support on Stack Overflow.

Find a bug? E-mail support@newrelic.com, or submit a ticket to

support.newrelic.com.

Thank you!

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New Relic Ruby Plugin Agent SDK

https://newrelic.com/docs/plugin-dev/

License:MIT License


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