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I am using Django and trying out New Relic. Is it possible to monitor the Django development server? I can only seem to find help on setting up New Relic with production servers.

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'How to' for future reference:

(I used Django1.4)

  1. Follow this: https://newrelic.com/docs/python/python-agent-installation

  2. As the last step of that guide (Integration with your Application) change your wsgi.py file to the following: 

    import newrelic.agent

newrelic.agent.initialize('/home/username/path/to/myproject/newrelic-1.9.0.21/newrelic.ini')

import os
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "myproject.settings")

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

application = get_wsgi_application()
application = newrelic.agent.wsgi_application()(application)

Now sign in to your account on the New Relic platform, make a few requests to your development server and see the changes on the the platform. Grats, you made it!

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  • @Alasdair ```newrelic.agent.initialize('/home/username/path/to/myproject/newrelic-1.9.0.21/newrelic.ini')``` newrelic.ini is supposed to be present int the python executable location right? Not sure if this is obsolete now. – Atom Apr 21 '19 at 16:56
  • @Atom The `newrelic.agent.initialize()` line was added by Bentley4 *after* I answered the question, so I can't help with that. If you're stuck, I would ask a new question instead of adding comments to a 6 year old question. – Alasdair Apr 21 '19 at 17:34
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    I got it to working. I have to point it to the newrelic.ini present in the python executable location. Thanks @Alasdair – Atom Apr 21 '19 at 19:26

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As of Django 1.4, the startproject command creates a wsgi file that the runserver command will use.

If you have an older Django project that does not have a wsgi file, you can create one as described in the Django docs, and set WSGI_APPLICATION in your settings.py file.

You should be able to set up new relic by modifying this wsgi file as described by the New Relic docs for Python agent integration.

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