nodejs newrelic throws Error: EACCES, open '/newrelic_agent.log'

Question

I just tried to get newrelic tracking on my node app working (http://newrelic.com/nodejs), however I get the following error:

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
              ^
Error: EACCES, open '/newrelic_agent.log'

According to newrelic node is logging to the same directory. However this seems to me that it is trying to log to the root directory?!

Manually creating the file in the server root works. However this isn't what I like to do. Is this a bug?

How can I set the log path?

Answer 1

You can change your log path in your newrelic.js configuration file.

logging : {
  filepath : 'log_path_here'
}

Or

You can set the log path with an environment variable. You an use the NEW_RELIC_LOG environment variable.

Environment variables override settings made in the newrelic.js config file.