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Adding NewRelic to a NodeJS Heroku app.md 
heroku addons:add newrelic
npm install newrelic --save
cp node_modules/newrelic/newrelic.js .

get the New Relic license key:

heroku config:get NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY

edit newrelic.js, editing app name and license key. Optionally change logging level:

level : 'warn'  // level options: fatal, error, warn, info, debug, or trace

require newrelic at the beginning of your app's startup script

require('newrelic');

finally, commit and push:

git add .   # or if you have other changes, just add newrelic changes
git commit -am'add newrelic monitoring'
git push heroku HEAD:master

If you wish to make changes in the New Relic web interface:

heroku addons:open newrelic
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