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README: Provided explicitness in installation docs #470

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Expand Up @@ -38,11 +38,23 @@ Installation Instructions

* See ``pip`` installation instructions at http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

2. Copy the configuration file example from ``/opt/newrelic-plugin-agent/newrelic-plugin-agent.cfg`` to ``/etc/newrelic/newrelic-plugin-agent.cfg`` and edit the configuration in that file.
2. Copy the configuration file example from ``/opt/newrelic-plugin-agent/newrelic-plugin-agent.cfg`` to ``/etc/newrelic/newrelic-plugin-agent.cfg`` and edit the configuration in that file:

3. Make a ``/var/log/newrelic`` directory and make sure it is writable by the user specified in the configuration file
::

$ NRCFGFILE=/etc/newrelic/newrelic-plugin-agent.cfg; if [[ ! -f "$NRCFGFILE" ]] ; then cp /opt/newrelic-plugin-agent/newrelic-plugin-agent.cfg $NRCFGFILE; fi

3. Make a ``/var/log/newrelic`` directory and make sure it is writable by the ``root`` user:

::

$ NRLOGDIR=/var/log/newrelic; if [ ! -d "$NRLOGDIR" ]; then mkdir $NRLOGDIR && chown -R root:root $NRLOGDIR && chmod -R 755 $NRLOGDIR; fi

4. Make a ``/var/run/newrelic`` directory and make sure it is writable by the ``newrelic`` user:

::

4. Make a ``/var/run/newrelic`` directory and make sure it is writable by the user specified in the configuration file
$ NRRUNDIR=/var/run/newrelic; if [ ! -d "$NRRUNDIR" ]; then mkdir $NRRUNDIR && chown -R newrelic:newrelic $NRRUNDIR && chmod -R 755 $NRRUNDIR; fi

5. Run the app:

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