Install NewRelic Agent on NodeJS Apps

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Quick tutorial to install new relic agent in a NodeJS App.

1## Installing New Relic Agent
2`npm install newrelic --save`
3`cp node_modules/newrelic/newrelic.js .`
4or
5`vi .bash_profile`
6`export NEW_RELIC_HOME="/Users/Claudio"`
7
8## Add the config
9```
10exports.config = {
11  app_name: ['Demo Node App'],
12  license_key: 'XXXXX',
13  logging: {
14    level: 'info'
15  }
16}
17```
18
19## Add the agent to the Node App (automatic detection for Express, Restify) *app.js 
20`const nr = require('newrelic');`
21
22## Start webserver and see transactions
23`https://rpm.newrelic.com/accounts/XXXX/applications/YYY/transactions`

Created on 11/8/2017