Introduction to infrastructure integrations

New Relic offers various integrations for reporting data to our platform. One category of integrations is our Infrastructure integrations.

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Types of infrastructure integrations

New Relic has two main categories of infrastructure integrations: cloud and on-host.

Cloud integrations

Cloud integrations collect data from cloud services and accounts. There's no installation process for cloud integrations, you simply connect your New Relic account to your cloud provider account.

Integrations	Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-based integrations	Connect your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account to monitor and report data to New Relic. See the list of AWS integrations.
Microsoft Azure cloud-based integrations	Connect your Microsoft Azure account to monitor and report data to New Relic. See the list of Azure integrations.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud-based integrations	Connect your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account to monitor and report data to New Relic. See the list of GCP integrations.

Integrations

Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-based integrations

Connect your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account to monitor and report data to New Relic.

See the list of AWS integrations.

Microsoft Azure cloud-based integrations

Connect your Microsoft Azure account to monitor and report data to New Relic.

See the list of Azure integrations.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud-based integrations

Connect your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account to monitor and report data to New Relic.

See the list of GCP integrations.

On-host integrations

On-host integrations are what we call integrations that you can run directly on your host or server. They typically connect to core services in your servers:

Integrations	Description
Kubernetes integration	Connect your account to gain visibility of your Kubernetes environment, explore your clusters, and manage alerts.
On-host integrations	Monitor and report data from many popular services, including Kubernetes, Redis, Apache, RabbitMQ, and many more.
Build your own	To create your own lightweight integration, use our Flex integration tool.

Install instructions

To enable cloud integrations or install on-host integrations, see:

Cloud integrations: AWS procedures, Azure procedures, Google Cloud Platform procedures
Kubernetes: Kubernetes procedures
On-host integrations: See an integration's documentation for install procedures
SDK integrations: Procedures to create a custom integration

Features

After an infrastructure integration is activated, you can:

Filter and analyze the metrics and configuration data in our Infrastructure UI.
Query your data and create custom charts and dashboards.
Create alert conditions to monitor problems with your services' performance.
For cloud integrations, configure data collection settings.

Types of integration data

Infrastructure integrations generate some basic types of data that you can use in New Relic.

Integration data	Description
Metrics	Numeric measurement data. Examples: Number of requests in a queue Number of hits on a database per minute Percentage of CPU being used Cloud-based and on-host integrations include pre-built dashboards that display important metrics.
Inventory	Live system state and configuration information. Examples: Host name AWS region or availability zone Port being used Changes in inventory generate events in New Relic, so you can easily figure out when performance issues were caused by a change in the system.
Events	Important activity on a system. Examples: Service starting Version update New table being created Changes to inventory are a type of event.
Attributes	Key-value pairs generated by some integrations. Examples: Certain inventory data Additional data attached to events Any data that is not considered metrics or inventory Depending on the integration, other types of information may be reported as attributes.

Our integrations are data agnostic; they have no knowledge of whether reported data contains personal information. For more information about New Relic's security measures, see our security and privacy documentation, or visit the New Relic security website.

For more help

If you need more help, check out these support and learning resources:

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Review New Relic's data security and licenses documentation.