Description

Installs and configures newrelic for server monitoring.

https://newrelic.com/docs/server/new-relic-for-server-monitoring

Requirements

Platforms

• Debian, Ubuntu

Tested on:

• Debian Wheezy (7.0)

Attributes

Required

• node[:newrelic][:license_key] - license key for server monitoring

Optional

• node[:newrelic]["apt-key"] - newrelic apt-key
• node[:newrelic][:keyserver] - address of key server
• node[:newrelic][:config_file] - config file
• node[:newrelic][:log_path]- path to logs
• node[:newrelic][:loglevel] - log level
• node[:newrelic][:logfile] - log file
• node[:newrelic][:proxy] - address of proxy server
• node[:newrelic][:ssl] - turns SSL on/off
• node[:newrelic][:ssl_ca_bundle] - CA certificate
• node[:newrelic][:ssl_ca_path] - path to CA files
• node[:newrelic][:pidfile] - pidfile
• node[:newrelic][:collector_host] - address of newrelic's collector
• node[:newrelic][:timeout] - connection timeout

Usage

Prepare role newrelic:

name "newrelic"
description %q{
  Configures machine to use newrelic server monitoring.
}

run_list(
  "recipe[newrelic]"
)

default_attributes(
 newrelic: {license_key: "your_license_key"}
)

and add it to run list.