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newrelic-infra (19) Versions 0.12.2

Installs/Configures the New Relic Infrastructure agent and on-host integrations

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This cookbook installs and configures the New Relic infrastructure agent, as well New Relic and and on-host integrations.

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Requirements

Platforms

  • Amazon Linux all versions
  • CentOS version 5 or higher
  • Debian version 7 ("Wheezy") or higher
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) version 5 or higher
  • Ubuntu versions 16.04., 18.04., 20.04* (LTS versions)
  • Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019, and their service packs.
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, 12

Chef

  • Chef 15+

Recipes

newrelic-infra::default

Determines the platform and includes the appropriate platform specific recipe. This is the only recipe that should be included in a node's run list.

newrelic-infra::agent_linux

Installs and configures the Infrastructure agent on a Linux host. This recipe should NOT be directly included in a node's run list. The default recipe will automatically determine which platform specific recipe to apply.

Here are the steps that the recipe performs:

  1. Adds the newrelic-infra package repository source.
  2. Can install, upgrade, or remove the newrelic-infra package. By default, the package is only installed.
  3. Enables and starts the newrelic_infra agent service.
  4. Generates the agent configuration file.
  5. Includes the newrelic-infra::host_integrations recipe to install and configure any on-host integrations.

newrelic-infra::agent_windows

Installs and configures the Infrastructure agent on a Windows host. This recipe should NOT be directly included in a node's run list. The default recipe will automatically determine which platform specific recipe to apply.

newrelic-infra::host_integrations

Installs New Relic provided and on-host integrations if the integration has been addded to the list of host_integrations (for example, default['newrelic_infra']['features]['host_integrations'] = []). It also generates configuration for any of the available on-host integrations from New Relic, and installs any custom integrations defined with attributes.

For more infromation on the available custom resource for installing and configuring custom on-host integrations see the [Custom resources][9] documentation.

Example configuration for a custom on-host integration installed and configured via attributes:

default['newrelic_infra']['custom_integrations']['test_integration'] = {
  integration_name: 'com.test.integration',
  remote_url: 'https://url-to-a-tarball-for-install.com/test.tar.gz',
  instances: [
    {
      name: 'test_integration_metrics',
      command: 'metrics',
      arguments: {
        test: true
      },
      labels: {
        environment: 'test'
      }
    }
  ],
  commands: {
    metrics: %w[--metrics]
  }
}

For more information on the available New Relic on-host integrations and configuration you can check the [official documentation][6].

Attributes

See attributes/defaults.rb for more details and default values.

Name Default value Description
default['newrelic_infra']['features']['host_integrations'] [] List of New Relic on-host integrations
default['newrelic_infra']['user']['name'] newrelic_infra Service account user name
default['newrelic_infra']['group']['name'] newrelic_infra Service account group name
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['license_key'] nil Account license key to send metrics to
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['display_name'] nil Override the auto-generated hostname for reporting
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['proxy'] nil Use a proxy to communicate with New Relic
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['verbose'] nil When set to 1, enables verbose logging for the agent
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['debug'] nil Enable Golang debugging
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['log_file'] nil To log to another location; when not set, the agent logs to the system log files
default['newrelic_infra']['config']['custom_attributes'] {} A hash of custom attributes to annotate the data from this agent instance
default['newrelic_infra']['agent']['config']['file'] agent.yaml File name for the agent configuration
default['newrelic_infra']['agent']['config']['mode'] 0640 File permissions for the agent configuration
default['newrelic_infra']['agent']['directory']['path'] /etc/newrelic-infra Directory path for the agent configuration
default['newrelic_infra']['agent']['directory']['mode'] 0750 Directory permissions for the agent configuration
default['newrelic_infra']['packages']['agent']['action'] [:install] Action(s) to perform on the agent package
default['newrelic_infra']['packages']['agent']['retries'] 0 The number of times to catch exceptions and retry the resource
default['newrelic_infra']['packages']['agent']['version'] nil Version of the agent package to install
default['newrelic_infra']['packages'][integration_package_name]['action'] [:install] Action(s) to perform on the agent on-host integration package
default['newrelic_infra']['packages'][integration_package_name]['retries'] 0 The number of times to catch exceptions and retry the resource
default['newrelic_infra']['packages'][integration_package_name]['version'] nil Version of the on-host integration package to install
default['newrelic_infra']['host_integrations']['config_dir'] /etc/newrelic-infra/integrations.d Directory for the New Relic provided on-host integration configurations
default['newrelic_infra']['host_integrations']['config'] {} New Relic provided on-host integration configuration
default['newrelic_infra']['custom_integrations'] {} New Relic Infrastructure on-host custom integration configuration
default['newrelic_infra']['provider'] package_manager When package_manager installs the packages from yum/apt/zypp, if tarball installs the agent from a tarball
default['newrelic_infra']['tarball']['version'] nil the version number of the tarball to install
default['newrelic_infra']['delete_yaml_quotes'] true if true it deletes the quotes (") from the generated integration configs and definitions files

APT repository attributes

The apt_repository Chef resource is built using metaprogramming, so that the configuration can be extended via attributes. Any property available to the resource can be passed in via attributes.

Attributes that cannot be passed to the resource are logged out as warnings in order to prevent potential failes from typos, older Chef versions, etc.
For more information, refer to the Chef documentation on the apt_repository resource.

Name Default value Description
default['newrelic_infra']['apt']['uri'] https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt Repository base URL
default['newrelic_infra']['apt']['key'] https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg Repository GPG key URL
default['newrelic_infra']['apt']['distribution'] node['lsb']['codename'] Distribution code name
default['newrelic_infra']['apt']['components'] ['main'] Repository components
default['newrelic_infra']['apt']['arch'] 'amd64' Package architecture to install
default['newrelic_infra']['apt']['action'] [:add] apt_repository resource actions to perform

Windows attributes

When using Windows, you can set a source URL and checksum for the agent download.

Name Default value Description
default['newrelic-infra']['windows_source'] https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/windows/newrelic-infra.msi Remote URL for Infrastructure agent windows download
default['newrelic-infra']['windows_checksum'] nil SHA-256 Checksum for source file

Yum repository attributes

The yum_repository Chef resource is built using metaprogramming, so that the configuration can be extended via attributes. Any property available to the resource can be passed in via attributes.

Attributes that cannot be passed to the resource are logged out as warnings in order to prevent potential failes from typos, older Chef versions, etc.
For more information, refer to the Chef documentation on the yum_repository resource.

Name Default value Description
default['newrelic_infra']['yum']['description'] 'New Relic Infrastructure' Repository description
default['newrelic_infra']['yum']['baseurl'] Default is determined by distribution see attributes/default.rb for more information. Repository base URL
default['newrelic_infra']['yum']['gpgkey'] 'https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg' Repository GPG key URL
default['newrelic_infra']['yum']['gpgcheck'] true Perform a GPG check on installed packages
default['newrelic_infra']['yum']['repo_gpgcheck'] true Perform a GPG check on the package repository
default['newrelic_infra']['yum']['action'] [:add, :makecache] yum_repository resource actions to perform

Custom Resources

newrelic_infra_integration

Installs and configures a custom New Relic Infrastructure on-host integration.

Example:

newrelic_infra_integration 'test' do
  integration_name 'test_integration'
  remote_url 'https://url-to-a-tarball-for-install.com/test.tar.gz'
  commands { metrics: %w[--metrics] }
  instances(
    [
      {
        name: 'test_integration_metrics',
        command: 'metrics',
        arguments: {
          test: true
        },
        labels: {
          environment: 'test'
        }
      }
    ]
  )
end

Supported properties:

Property name Required Type Default
integration_name true String nil
remote_url true String nil
instances true Array nil
commands true Hash nil
description false [String, nil] nil
cli_options false [Hash, nil] nil
interval false Integer 10
prefix false String integration/#{integration_name}
install_method true 'tarball' or 'binary' 'tarball'
os false 'linux' 'linux'
protocol_version false Integer 1
user false String 'newrelic_infra'
group false String 'newrelic_infra'
base_dir false String '/var/db/newrelic-infra/custom-integrations'
bin_dir false String /opt/newrelic-infra
bin false String The folder is #{bin_dir}/#{name} and the file name is the tarball or binary without any extension
definition_file false String #{base_dir}/#{resource_name).yaml
config_dir false String '/etc/newrelic-infra/integrations.d/'
config_file false String #{config_dir}/#{resource_name).yaml

Usage

Cookbook usage

  • Set any attributes necessary for your desired configuration
  • Add the newrelic-infra::default recipe your run list
  • For wrapper cookbooks, add the newrelic-infra cookbook as a dependency to your metadata.rb or Berksfile, then include newrelic-infra::default recipe.

Custom resource usage

  • Add the newrelic-infra cookbook as a dependency to your metadata.rb or Berksfile
  • Configure the custom resource(s) using the supported properties

Testing

Refer to
https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/community_cookbook_documentation/blob/master/TESTING.MD

Releasing new versions

For releasing a new version to the [Chef Supermarket][12] follow this steps:

Support

Should you need assistance with New Relic products, you are in good hands with several support diagnostic tools and support channels.

New Relic offers NRDiag, a client-side diagnostic utility that automatically detects common problems with New Relic agents. If NRDiag detects a problem, it suggests troubleshooting steps. NRDiag can also automatically attach troubleshooting data to a New Relic Support ticket. Remove this section if it doesn't apply.

If the issue has been confirmed as a bug or is a feature request, file a GitHub issue.

Support Channels

Privacy

At New Relic we take your privacy and the security of your information seriously, and are committed to protecting your information. We must emphasize the importance of not sharing personal data in public forums, and ask all users to scrub logs and diagnostic information for sensitive information, whether personal, proprietary, or otherwise.

We define “Personal Data” as any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual, including, for example, your name, phone number, post code or zip code, Device ID, IP address, and email address.

For more information, review New Relic’s General Data Privacy Notice.

Contribute

We encourage your contributions to improve this project! Keep in mind that when you submit your pull request, you'll need to sign the CLA via the click-through using CLA-Assistant. You only have to sign the CLA one time per project.

If you have any questions, or to execute our corporate CLA (which is required if your contribution is on behalf of a company), drop us an email at opensource@newrelic.com.

A note about vulnerabilities

As noted in our [security policy](../../security/policy), New Relic is committed to the privacy and security of our customers and their data. We believe that providing coordinated disclosure by security researchers and engaging with the security community are important means to achieve our security goals.

If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in this project or any of New Relic's products or websites, we welcome and greatly appreciate you reporting it to New Relic through HackerOne.

If you would like to contribute to this project, review [these guidelines](./CONTRIBUTING.md).

To all contributors, we thank you! Without your contribution, this project would not be what it is today.

License

infrastructure-agent-chef is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Dependent cookbooks

This cookbook has no specified dependencies.

Contingent cookbooks

There are no cookbooks that are contingent upon this one.

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