Install New Relic Server Monitor on Ubuntu

I’ve found New Relic to be a great free addition to my suite of tools for server monitoring and alerting as I shifted to a DevOps support environment.

Installation is very fast an simple once you’ve created a free accound. Paid options are available and allow for more features.

You will need to record/save YOUR_LICENSE_KEY from your account for step 5 below.

  1. sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://apt.newrelic.com/debian/ newrelic non-free > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/newrelic.list'
  2. wget -O- https://download.newrelic.com/548C16BF.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
  3. sudo apt-get update
  4. sudo apt-get install newrelic-sysmond
  5. sudo nrsysmond-config --set license_key=YOUR_LICENSE_KEY
  6. sudo /etc/init.d/newrelic-sysmond start

You are done! Within a few minutes you should start seeing data on your consoles at the New Relic website.

REFERENCES:

Custom JavaScript error notification

Debugging JavaScript errors is a time-consuming effort requiring keen eyes and a sharp mind.

MSIE typically only gives a cryptic ‘Object Expected’ error message and little more (even with the Microsoft Script Debugger installed!).

Some tools like FireBug and the Venkman debugger (both for Mozilla/Firefox) help in this matter, but often it helps to have an alert when an issue occurs.

Here’s a simple implementation that I’ve found useful…

[script type=”text/javascript”]
window.onerror=myErrorHandler;

function myErrorHandler(msg,url,l){
var txt=”There was an error on this page.\n”;
txt+=”Error: ” + msg + “\n”;
txt+=”URL: ” + url + “\n”;
txt+=”Line: ” + l + “\n\n”;
txt+=”Click OK to continue.\n\n”;
alert(txt); return true; }
[/script]

REFERENCES:

That’s it….