Install the infrastructure monitoring agent for Windows
With New Relic's infrastructure monitoring agent for Windows, you can monitor individual servers and also analyze how your service performs as a whole. The Windows agent can run on your own hardware or in cloud systems such as Amazon EC2 or Windows Azure, and supports Windows Server and Windows 10. You can also install with Chef. Before installation, be sure to review the requirements.
Install for Windows Server and Windows 10 using our guided install
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To install the infrastructure monitoring agent for Windows, you can use our guided install. If you're in the EU, try our euro guided install.
For a scripted installation, you can pass in configuration parameters. You must first add GENERATE_CONFIG=true and LICENSE_KEY=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY. You may then add these optional config settings:
Do not double-click the installer. This will not fully install the local agent and can result in permissions issues.
In an admin account, run the install script using an absolute path.
To install from the Windows command prompt, run:
msiexec.exe /qn /i PATH\TO\newrelic-infra-386.msi
To install from the Windows command prompt, run:
msiexec.exe /qn /i PATH\TO\newrelic-infra.msi
For a scripted installation, you can also pass in configuration parameters. You must first add GENERATE_CONFIG=true and LICENSE_KEY=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY. You may then add these optional config settings:
Add your New Relic license key to the license_key attribute in newrelic-infra.yml, located in C:\Program Files\New Relic\newrelic-infra\. When finished, the contents of newrelic-infra.yml should resemble the following:
license_key: YOUR_LICENSE_KEY
Start the newrelic-infra service. To start from the Windows command prompt, run:
For custom setup scenarios, you can install the infrastructure monitoring agent using our zip files in assisted or manual modes. This is especially useful when you need to adapt the default installation settings to your environment.
Caution
Installing the infrastructure monitoring agent using zip files is not supported.
What's next?
The only required configuration option is the license_key setting, which is created as part of the installation procedures. You may also want to: