Monitor your Node.js application

To install the agent in a Docker container, follow these self-guided steps using the command line.

This process walks you through adding the agent to package.json, then requiring New Relic on the app-level. By the end, you'll add your license key and app name to docker run so the agent runs with your Docker app.

We've got a few different options for apps hosted on a server.

• Our guided install breaks down the installation into steps. It requires some interaction with the command line.

• Our Install the Node.js agent doc uses the command line exclusively. You can view the same process in our Node.js agent repo.

• For apps that use the PM2 process manager, follow the guided install. If you're using a process manager that isn't PM2, then choose either the guided or manual install option.

  When you're ready to monitor your app, add -r newrelic to your app's startup command to require the agent before other modules, for example node -r newrelic your-program.js. This is especially important if you don't have root access to your app.

To install an agent for your AWS Lambda functions, our self-guided steps provide a setup script that automatically configures AWS for you.

If you have a preference for manual installation via the command line, we currently have the option for Legacy instrumentation for Lambda monitoring.