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New Relic

Display New Relic dashboards in Portal

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Packages

- @backstage-community/plugin-newrelic
- @backstage-community/plugin-newrelic-dashboard

Overview​

The New Relic plugin integrates observability data into Portal, providing developers with real-time insights into application performance and health. This plugin brings New Relic's powerful monitoring and observability capabilities directly into the developer portal, enabling teams to quickly identify and troubleshoot performance issues without leaving Portal.

Key Features​

  • Dashboard integration — embeds New Relic dashboards directly within Portal entity pages for at-a-glance monitoring.
  • Application performance metrics — displays key APM metrics including throughput, response time, and error rates.
  • Real-time monitoring — provides live updates of application health and performance indicators.
  • Error tracking — shows error rates, error details, and stack traces for quick debugging.
  • Transaction analysis — displays transaction traces and performance breakdown by component.
  • Service level indicators — shows SLI/SLO metrics for service reliability tracking.
  • Entity mapping — links Backstage components to New Relic applications via annotations (newrelic.com/application-id).
  • Custom dashboard support — allows embedding custom New Relic dashboards tailored to specific services.
  • Alert integration — displays active New Relic alerts and incidents associated with services.
  • IDP benefit — centralizes observability data, reduces tool-switching, and empowers developers with self-service performance insights.

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