Flask Framework Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

Once we have the license key, we need to install the newrelic Python library:

$ pip3 install newrelic

1. Now, we need to generate a file called newrelic.ini, which will contain details regarding the license key, the name of our application, and so on. This can be done using the following commands:

$ newrelic-admin generate-config <LICENSE-KEY> newrelic.ini 

In the preceding command, replace LICENSE-KEY with the actual license key of your account. Now we have a new file called newrelic.ini. Open and edit the file in terms of the application name and anything else, as needed.

2. To check whether the newrelic.ini file is working successfully, run the following command:

$ newrelic-admin validate-config newrelic.ini 

This will tell ...