---
title: Telegraf Documentation
description: Telegraf plugin for sending metrics to New Relic
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/output-plugins/newrelic/
estimated_tokens: 1001
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

-   Telegraf v1.15.0+

# New Relic Output Plugin

This plugins writes metrics to [New Relic Insights](https://newrelic.com) using the [Metrics API](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/data-ingest-apis/get-data-new-relic/metric-api/introduction-metric-api). To use this plugin you have to obtain an [Insights API Key](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/get-started/intro-apis/types-new-relic-api-keys#user-api-key).

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.15.0 **Tags:** applications **OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Send metrics to New Relic metrics endpoint
[[outputs.newrelic]]
  ## The 'insights_key' parameter requires a NR license key.
  ## New Relic recommends you create one
  ## with a convenient name such as TELEGRAF_INSERT_KEY.
  ## reference: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/intro-apis/new-relic-api-keys/#ingest-license-key
  # insights_key = "New Relic License Key Here"

  ## Prefix to add to add to metric name for easy identification.
  ## This is very useful if your metric names are ambiguous.
  # metric_prefix = ""

  ## Timeout for writes to the New Relic API.
  # timeout = "15s"

  ## HTTP Proxy override. If unset use values from the standard
  ## proxy environment variables to determine proxy, if any.
  # http_proxy = "http://corporate.proxy:3128"

  ## Metric URL override to enable geographic location endpoints.
  # If not set use values from the standard
  # metric_url = "https://metric-api.newrelic.com/metric/v1"
```

#### Related

-   [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/)
-   [New Relic Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/outputs/newrelic/README.md)