connecting an existing new relic account to a heroku rails app to monitor memory

Question

I have an existing New Relic account and an existing rails app on Heroku. I am successfully sending data from the Heroku app to New Relic. However I want to see the memory footprint per dyno in New Relic.

All the documentation I could find says to install the add-on via Heroku. I do not want it to provision a new account for me, I just want it to link to my current account. How can I do this? If I already have New Relic installed and working and I add the add-on, will it just link to the account it is already configured for?

Answer 1

There is actually a workaround for this issue now. You can simply change NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY env var:

$ heroku config:set NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY='<key_of_your_existing_account>'

You find <key_of_your_existing_account> under Account settings > Summary (right bar with title Account information).

After restarting your app, it will show up on your existing account.

You can even customize additional things like:

$ heroku config:set NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME='<nice_name>' NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY='<key>'

Answer 2

I work for New Relic. Unfortunately, what you are asking for is not possible. When you install the New Relic add-on for Heroku, it automatically generates a new account with a unique license key and account ID. One of the bonuses of this is that you get Standard subscription for free if you use the add-on.

If you have further account-related questions, however, you're welcome to write to New Relic support to see if you can work something out with your account manager.