Install NewRelic infrastructure agent on a number of VMs using AzureDevops pipeline

Rough and ready pipeline to install NewRelic infrastructure agent on a number of VMs using AzureDevops pipeline.

If necessary, create a NewRelic account and get a licence_key

Download the NewRelic infrastructure agent installer.

Create a repo and add the installer to it

If necessary, install Azure Agent on VMs requiring monitoring and create a deployment group for them.

Add tags to VMs in deployment group for all servers requiring monitoring

Create a pipeline

- Add a repo artifact for the repo with the MSI in it

- Add an empty job to the default stage

- Create a "deployment group" job and add tags to match tags defined above (leave blank for all VMs)

- Add a powershell task with inline script:

if(Test-Path "C:\Program Files\New Relic\newrelic-infra\newrelic-infra.exe"){

    Write-Output "NewRelic infrastructure agent already installed"

} else {

    Write-Output "Installing NewRelic infrastructure agent"

    $msiPath = Join-Path "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)" "_repo/newrelic-infra.msi"

    $logPath = Join-Path "$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)" "_repo/newrelic-infra.log"

    $args = @(

        "/quiet"

        "/log $logPath"

        "/i $msiPath"

    )

    Write-Output $args

    Start-Process "msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList $args -Wait -NoNewWindow

    $content = Get-Content "C:\Program Files\New Relic\newrelic-infra\newrelic-infra.yml"

    $content = $content -replace "<ENTER YOUR NEW RELIC KEY HERE>", "licence_key"

    Set-Content -Value $content -Path "C:\Program Files\New Relic\newrelic-infra\newrelic-infra.yml"

    net start newrelic-infra

}