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playbooks/roles/newrelic/tasks/main.yml

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 # code style: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/Ansible-Coding-Conventions
 # license:    https://github.com/edx/configuration/blob/master/LICENSE.TXT
 #
-#
-#
 # Tasks for role newrelic
 # 
 # Overview:
 #
-# Installs and configures the newrelic system monitoring agent
-#
-# Dependencies:
+# Installs and configures the newrelic system monitoring agent.  The server
+# will be identified in Newrelic by hostname and this cannot be changed
+# in configuration.  Also configuratin does not allow hosts to be
+# associated with an application or tagged.
 #
-# 
 # Example play:
 #
-#
+# - name: Install Newrelic system agent
+#   hosts: all
+#   sudo: True
+#   gather_facts: True
+#   roles:
+#     - newrelic
 
 - name: add apt key
   apt_key: id=548C16BF url={{COMMON_NEWRELIC_KEY_URL }} state=present
@@ -32,7 +35,9 @@
   apt: pkg="newrelic-sysmond"
 
 - name: configure the agent with the license key
-  shell: nrsysmond-config --set license_key={{ COMMON_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }} ssl=true
+  shell: >
+    nrsysmond-config --set license_key={{ COMMON_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}
+    ssl=true 
 
 - name: start the newrelic system agent
   shell: /etc/init.d/newrelic-sysmond start
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