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fieldju/pulumi-newrelic — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2020-07-21

Audience · ops devopsComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A Pulumi provider that lets you define and deploy New Relic dashboards, alerts, and monitoring resources as code instead of clicking through the web UI.

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    What it does
      Manages New Relic as code
      Creates dashboards and alerts
      Syncs monitoring across environments
    Tech stack
      Pulumi
      JavaScript
      Python
      Go
    Use cases
      Version-controlled monitoring
      Automated dashboard setup
      Infra-as-code pipelines
    Audience
      DevOps engineers
      Platform teams

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Define New Relic dashboards and alerts as version-controlled code.

REASON 2

Automatically provision monitoring for new services as part of a deployment pipeline.

REASON 3

Keep New Relic configuration consistent across multiple teams or environments.

What's in the stack?

PulumiJavaScriptPythonGo.NET

How it stacks up

fieldju/pulumi-newrelic0verflowme/alarm-clock0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars——0
Language—CSSPython
Last pushed2020-07-212022-10-03—
MaintenanceDormantDormant—
Setup difficultymoderateeasymoderate
Complexity3/52/54/5
Audienceops devopsvibe coderdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a New Relic API key and choosing the correct account region (US or EU).

No specific license information was provided in the explanation.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Help me set up the Pulumi New Relic provider with my API key and region in Python.
Prompt 2
Show me how to write Pulumi code to create a New Relic dashboard and alert together.
Prompt 3
Explain how to pass New Relic credentials to this provider using environment variables.
Prompt 4
Walk me through automating New Relic monitoring setup whenever I deploy a new service.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is pulumi-newrelic?

A Pulumi provider that lets you define and deploy New Relic dashboards, alerts, and monitoring resources as code instead of clicking through the web UI.

Is pulumi-newrelic actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2020-07-21).

What license does pulumi-newrelic use?

No specific license information was provided in the explanation.

How hard is pulumi-newrelic to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is pulumi-newrelic for?

Mainly ops devops.

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