Learning DevOps: Continuously Deliver Better Software

Using the performance overview

New Relic offers a huge amount of information in a readable format; this allows you to see at a glance if your application and dependencies are performing, as you would expect. This data is readily available on the performance overview screen and gives you a window into the detail that New Relic holds about your application. This recipe briefly touches on the major parts of the overview screen and highlights elements that can reveal issues.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you need a New Relic account and an application reporting data.

How to do it…

Now let's go through the performance overview:

1. Log into your New Relic account and select the APM tab; you will be presented with a list of applications that are currently reporting ...