New Relic Java Server Installation

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Useto thishave pageTomcat/Jetty whenor a Javasimilar applicationservice to be installed and below are the instructions:

Download the Tomcat server from the below URL https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi 

Once downloaded, set the Environment variable under testUser mustvariables before installing the tomcat server

If you want to change the port of the server (By default, the tomcat server starts with port 8080 and it is sometimes required to change the default port as other programs might be instrumentedusing withthat port - by default Appvance HTTP uses port 8080), navigate to the conf folder, edit the server file and change the port at line 69 as seen below (Ex: 7001)

Open the command prompt, run the below command to start the server

Login to the New Relic Java agent so AIQ performance results can be correlatedwebsite with your valid credentials.

https://login.newrelic.com/login

 Click APM data.

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Click Java

If your OS is windows, Click the Windows button and click download the Java agent.

The new relic-java-3.39.1.zip file will get downloaded.

Extract the newrelic-java-3.39.1.zip and copy the new relic folder and paste it inside the Java Server (Tomcat, Jetty, JBoss, etc.)

Ex:

If you want to change Display Name, Navigate to the New relic folder, Edit the app name in 'newrelic.yml' file

Open the Command Prompt with Administrator access

Navigate to the New relic folder and type the below command

java -jar newrelic.jar install

Start the Java Server (In our case it is Tomcat Server)

Perform the actions in the Application that uses the above one as a server

Navigate to the New Relic JavaWebsite agent documentation forand the supportedname agentprovided version.

Validation workflow

1. Confirmclicking the application server, Javaall version,the monitoring and targetdashboard Newgraphs Relicshall account.be displayed
2. Download the current Java agent from New Relic using an approved account.
3. Install the agent on the application server and add the recommended javaagent JVM option.
4. Set the application display name and environment tags consistently.
5. Restart the application in a maintenance window, run a short AIQ test, and confirm New Relic receives data for the same time window.

Note: The previous article contained older Tomcat/New Relic version-specific screenshots. Treat those as obsolete and follow current New Relic guidance.