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Newrelic CLI Infrastructure by kilo-org

Name: Newrelic CLI Infrastructure
Author: Kilo-Org

Newrelic CLI Infrastructure

This subskill should be used when investigating New Relic Infrastructure host CPU, memory, disk, network, process, or capacity metrics with the New Relic CLI and NRQL. Use the parent newrelic-cli-skills skill for setup and routing.

Kilo-Org 46b4323 3.0 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Infrastructure Monitoring

Monitor host metrics (CPU, memory, disk, processes) via New Relic Infrastructure.

List Hosts

newrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST | \
  jq '.[] | {name, alertSeverity, guid}'

CPU Usage

# Average CPU per host (last hour)
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(cpuPercent)
  FROM SystemSample
  FACET hostname
  TIMESERIES 5 minutes
  SINCE 1 hour ago
"

# CPU spikes > 80%
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE cpuPercent > 80) AS 'Time > 80% CPU'
  FROM SystemSample
  FACET hostname
  SINCE 1 hour ago
"

Memory Usage

newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(memoryUsedPercent), average(memoryFreeBytes / 1e9) AS 'Free GB'
  FROM SystemSample
  FACET hostname
  TIMESERIES 5 minutes
  SINCE 1 hour ago
"

Disk Usage

newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT latest(diskUsedPercent)
  FROM StorageSample
  FACET hostname, mountPoint
  SINCE 10 minutes ago
"

Network I/O

newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(receiveBytesPerSecond), average(transmitBytesPerSecond)
  FROM NetworkSample
  FACET hostname
  TIMESERIES 5 minutes
  SINCE 1 hour ago
"

Top Processes by CPU

newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(cpuPercent)
  FROM ProcessSample
  WHERE hostname = 'my-host'
  FACET processDisplayName
  SINCE 30 minutes ago
  LIMIT 10
  ORDER BY average(cpuPercent) DESC
"

Top Processes by Memory

newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(memoryResidentSizeBytes) / 1e6 AS 'RSS MB'
  FROM ProcessSample
  WHERE hostname = 'my-host'
  FACET processDisplayName
  SINCE 30 minutes ago
  LIMIT 10
  ORDER BY average(memoryResidentSizeBytes) DESC
"

Correlate Host Load with App Performance

# Side-by-side: host CPU vs app response time
newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(cpuPercent) AS 'CPU %'
  FROM SystemSample
  WHERE hostname = 'my-host'
  TIMESERIES 5 minutes
  SINCE 1 hour ago
"

newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query "
  SELECT average(duration) AS 'Avg Response (s)'
  FROM Transaction
  WHERE appName = 'my-app'
  TIMESERIES 5 minutes
  SINCE 1 hour ago
"
# Compare the two time series to see if CPU pressure correlates with slowdowns

Host Reporting Status

newrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST | \
  jq '.[] | {name, reporting}'

---name: newrelic-cli-infrastructuredescription: This subskill should be used when investigating New Relic Infrastructure host CPU, memory, disk, network, process, or capacity metrics with the New Relic CLI and NRQL. Use the parent newrelic-cli-skills skill for setup and routing.---# Infrastructure MonitoringMonitor host metrics (CPU, memory, disk, processes) via New Relic Infrastructure.---## List Hosts```bashnewrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST | \ jq '.[] | {name, alertSeverity, guid}'```---## CPU Usage```bash# Average CPU per host (last hour)newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(cpuPercent) FROM SystemSample FACET hostname TIMESERIES 5 minutes SINCE 1 hour ago"# CPU spikes > 80%newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT percentage(count(*), WHERE cpuPercent > 80) AS 'Time > 80% CPU' FROM SystemSample FACET hostname SINCE 1 hour ago"```---## Memory Usage```bashnewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(memoryUsedPercent), average(memoryFreeBytes / 1e9) AS 'Free GB' FROM SystemSample FACET hostname TIMESERIES 5 minutes SINCE 1 hour ago"```---## Disk Usage```bashnewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT latest(diskUsedPercent) FROM StorageSample FACET hostname, mountPoint SINCE 10 minutes ago"```---## Network I/O```bashnewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(receiveBytesPerSecond), average(transmitBytesPerSecond) FROM NetworkSample FACET hostname TIMESERIES 5 minutes SINCE 1 hour ago"```---## Top Processes by CPU```bashnewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(cpuPercent) FROM ProcessSample WHERE hostname = 'my-host' FACET processDisplayName SINCE 30 minutes ago LIMIT 10 ORDER BY average(cpuPercent) DESC"```---## Top Processes by Memory```bashnewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(memoryResidentSizeBytes) / 1e6 AS 'RSS MB' FROM ProcessSample WHERE hostname = 'my-host' FACET processDisplayName SINCE 30 minutes ago LIMIT 10 ORDER BY average(memoryResidentSizeBytes) DESC"```---## Correlate Host Load with App Performance```bash# Side-by-side: host CPU vs app response timenewrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(cpuPercent) AS 'CPU %' FROM SystemSample WHERE hostname = 'my-host' TIMESERIES 5 minutes SINCE 1 hour ago"newrelic nrql query --accountId $NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID --query " SELECT average(duration) AS 'Avg Response (s)' FROM Transaction WHERE appName = 'my-app' TIMESERIES 5 minutes SINCE 1 hour ago"# Compare the two time series to see if CPU pressure correlates with slowdowns```---## Host Reporting Status```bashnewrelic entity search --name "" --type HOST | \ jq '.[] | {name, reporting}'```

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