Setting up New Relic for Django development server

Question

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!

Answer 1

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.