Install the infrastructure agent for Linux

The quickest way to get started with our infrastructure agent is through our guided install. If you're in the EU, try our EU guided install.

Step-by-step instructions

You can install the agent manually. Before installing infrastructure, be sure to:

• Review the requirements.
• Have a valid license key.

To install infrastructure in Linux, follow these instructions:

1. Create the configuration file and add your license key:

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   echo "license_key: YOUR_LICENSE_KEY" | sudo tee -a /etc/newrelic-infra.yml

2. Determine the distribution version number:

   Debian

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   cat /etc/os-release

   Ubuntu

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   cat /etc/lsb-release

   Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL & Oracle Linux

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   cat /etc/os-release

   SLES

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   cat /etc/os-release | grep VERSION_ID

3. Enable New Relic's GPG key:

   Debian

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   curl -fsSL https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/newrelic-infra.gpg

   Ubuntu

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   curl -fsSL https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/newrelic-infra.gpg

   Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL & Oracle Linux

   yum automatically installs the GPG key using the value in gpgkey.

   SLES

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   curl https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/gpg/newrelic-infra.gpg -s | sudo gpg --import

   Important

   There's a known issue with zypper package manager where GPG keys may not be validated as expected in older SLES versions. If you get errors such as Signature verification failed, update your infrastructure agent to version 1.44.0 or higher.

4. Add the infrastructure agent repository:

   Debian

   Debian 11 ("Bullseye")

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt bullseye main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Debian 12 ("Bookworm")

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt bookworm main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Ubuntu

   Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt bionic main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt focal main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt groovy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt hirsute main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt/ jammy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)

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   echo "deb https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/apt/ noble main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic-infra.list

   Amazon Linux

   Amazon Linux 2 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/amazonlinux/2/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   Amazon Linux 2 (arm64)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/amazonlinux/2/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   Amazon Linux 2023 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/amazonlinux/2023/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   Amazon Linux 2023 (arm64)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/amazonlinux/2023/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   CentOS / RHEL & Oracle Linux

   CentOS, RHEL, Oracle Linux 7.x (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/el/7/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   CentOS RHEL, Oracle Linux 7.x (arm64)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/el/7/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   CentOS, RHEL, Oracle Linux 8.x (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/el/8/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   CentOS, RHEL, Oracle Linux 8.x (arm64)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/el/8/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   RHEL 9.x (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/el/9/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   RHEL 9.x (arm64)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/yum/el/9/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES

   SLES 12.5 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/12.5/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 12.5 (ARM)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/12.5/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.2 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.2/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.2 (ARM)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.2/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.3 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.3/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.3 (ARM)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.3/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.4 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.4/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.4 (ARM)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.4/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.4 (x86)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.5/x86_64/newrelic-infra.repo

   SLES 15.4 (ARM)

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   sudo curl -o /etc/zypp/repos.d/newrelic-infra.repo https://download.newrelic.com/infrastructure_agent/linux/zypp/sles/15.5/aarch64/newrelic-infra.repo

5. Refresh the repositories:

   Debian

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   sudo apt-get update

   Ubuntu

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   sudo apt-get update

   Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL & Oracle Linux

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   sudo yum -q makecache -y --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo='newrelic-infra'

   SLES

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   sudo zypper -n ref -r newrelic-infra

6. Install the newrelic-infra package in root (default), privileged user, or unprivileged user mode. For more information on each running mode, see Linux agent running modes.

   Root (default)

   • Debian and Ubuntu:

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     sudo apt-get install newrelic-infra -y

   • Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL & Oracle Linux:

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     sudo yum install newrelic-infra -y

   • SLES:

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     sudo zypper -n install newrelic-infra

   Privileged user

   Install the libcap library and set the NRIA_MODE environment variable to PRIVILEGED.

   • Debian and Ubuntu:

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     sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin

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     sudo NRIA_MODE="PRIVILEGED" apt-get install newrelic-infra

   • Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL & Oracle Linux:

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     sudo yum install libcap

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     sudo NRIA_MODE="PRIVILEGED" yum install newrelic-infra

   • SLES:

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     sudo zypper install libcap-progs

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     sudo NRIA_MODE="PRIVILEGED" zypper install newrelic-infra

   Unprivileged user

   Install the libcap library and set the NRIA_MODE environment variable to UNPRIVILEGED.

   • Debian and Ubuntu:

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     sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin

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     sudo NRIA_MODE="UNPRIVILEGED" apt-get install newrelic-infra

   • Amazon Linux, CentOS, RHEL & Oracle Linux:

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     sudo yum install libcap

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     sudo NRIA_MODE="UNPRIVILEGED" yum install newrelic-infra

   • SLES:

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     sudo zypper install libcap-progs

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     sudo NRIA_MODE="UNPRIVILEGED" zypper install newrelic-infra

Once the infrastructure agent is installed or updated, you can start, stop, or check the agent status.

Update the agent

Follow standard procedures to update the infrastructure agent.

If you are using sudo to install or update the agent, use the -E argument to allow bypassing the environment variables, or specify the NRIA_MODE environment variable just after sudo.

$
export NRIA_MODE="SET_MODE_HERE"

Or

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sudo -E YOUR_PACKAGE_MANAGER_UPDATE_COMMAND

What's next?

Generate some traffic and wait a few minutes, then view your hosts in the New Relic UI. If necessary, follow our troubleshooting procedures if no data appears.

The only required configuration option is the license_key setting, which is created as part of the installation procedures. You may also want to:

• Learn to use your host data to troubleshoot an incident.
• Add custom attributes to annotate your infrastructure data.
• Connect your AWS account if your servers are hosted on Amazon EC2.
• Enable log forwarding.
• Add other New Relic infrastructure integrations to collect data from external services.