Before you install New Relic Infrastructure, ensure your system meets these requirements.
Unique hostname
Infrastructure uses the hostname to uniquely identify each server. To avoid inaccurate metrics from combining multiple servers under a single hostname, ensure that each monitored server has a unique hostname. You can use the optional display_name setting to override the default hostname.
Servers using the name localhost will not be reported by the Infrastructure agent since that is a default name and inherently non-unique.
Permissions
Infrastructure requires these permissions:
- Linux: By default, the agent runs and installs as root. You can also select privileged or unprivileged run modes.
- Windows: The agent must be installed from an Administrator account and requires Administrator privileges to run.
Processor architectures
Infrastructure supports only x86 processor architectures:
- Linux: 64-bit architecture (also requires 64-bit package manager and dependencies)
- Windows: both 32 and 64-bit architectures
ARM processors are not supported.
Operating systems
Infrastructure supports these operating systems:
| Operating system | Supported by Infrastructure |
|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | All versions |
| CentOS | Version 5 or higher |
| Debian | Version 7 ("Wheezy") or higher |
| Kubernetes integration | Google's container-optimized OS |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | Version 5 or higher |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) | Versions 11.4, 12 |
| Ubuntu | Versions 12.04.x, 14.04.x, 16.04.x, and 18.04.x (LTS versions) |
| Windows Server | 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2019, and their service packs |
Libraries
For agent versions 1.1.19 or higher, you need the libcap library in order to install Infrastructure. It is available in the official repositories of your distribution.
Network access
In order to report data to New Relic, Infrastructure must have outbound access to certain domains and ports. If your system needs a proxy to connect to these domains, use the proxy setting.
Container software
Infrastructure instruments Docker containers when installed on the host server. Infrastructure supports Docker versions 1.12 or higher.
CPU, memory, and disk usage
For typical CPU, memory, and disk usage, see Infrastructure agent performance overhead. To see supported file system types, see Storage sample attributes.
Integration requirements
For requirements for New Relic Infrastructure integrations, see the integration documentation.
Supported browsers
The Infrastructure UI supports the same browsers as other New Relic products.
Configuration management tools
You can install and configure New Relic Infrastructure with these configuration management tools: