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Connection

newrelic-admin status
Check if the New Relic agent is connected to the server and reporting data

newrelic-admin validate-config
Validate the New Relic configuration file

newrelic-admin license-key
Display the configured license key

Configuration

Edit newrelic.ini
Edit the main configuration file for the Python agent

Edit newrelic.yml
Edit the main configuration file for the Ruby/Java agent

newrelic-admin generate-config YOUR_LICENSE_KEY newrelic.ini
Generate a default configuration file

Troubleshooting

newrelic-admin run-python script.py
Run a Python script with New Relic instrumentation

NEW_RELIC_LOG_LEVEL=debug
Set environment variable to increase logging detail

newrelic-admin record-deploy
Record a deployment in New Relic

Instrumentation

newrelic.agent.register_hook()
Register a custom instrumentation hook

newrelic.agent.record_custom_event()
Record custom event data

newrelic.agent.record_custom_metric()
Record custom metric data

Browser Monitoring

newrelic_browser_timing_header()
Insert the JavaScript timing header

newrelic_browser_timing_footer()
Insert the JavaScript timing footer