Add corresponding env vars to newrelic.ini. (#509)

Co-authored-by: Lalleh Rafeei <[email protected]>

Author: umaannamalai

newrelic/newrelic.ini

@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@
 [newrelic]
 
 # You must specify the license key associated with your New
-# Relic account. This key binds the Python Agent's data to your
-# account in the New Relic service. For more information on
+# Relic account. This may also be set using the NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY
+# environment variable. This key binds the Python Agent's data to
+# your account in the New Relic service. For more information on
 # storing and generating license keys, see
 # https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/intro-apis/new-relic-api-keys/#ingest-license-key
 license_key = *** REPLACE ME ***
 
 # The application name. Set this to be the name of your
 # application as you would like it to show up in New Relic UI.
+# You may also set this using the NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME environment variable.
 # The UI will then auto-map instances of your application into a
 # entry on your home dashboard page. You can also specify multiple
 # app names to group your aggregated data. For further details,
@@ -43,7 +45,8 @@ app_name = Python Application
 # When "true", the agent collects performance data about your
 # application and reports this data to the New Relic UI at
 # newrelic.com. This global switch is normally overridden for
-# each environment below.
+# each environment below. It may also be set using the
+# NEW_RELIC_MONITOR_MODE environment variable.
 monitor_mode = true
 
 # Sets the name of a file to log agent messages to. Whatever you
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ monitor_mode = true
 # to the file. If not able to out a log file, it is also
 # possible to say "stderr" and output to standard error output.
 # This would normally result in output appearing in your web
-# server log.
+# server log. It can also be set using the NEW_RELIC_LOG
+# environment variable.
 log_file = stdout
 
 # Sets the level of detail of messages sent to the log file, if
@@ -64,7 +68,8 @@ log_file = stdout
 # support engineers is "debug". However, this can generate a lot
 # of information very quickly, so it is best not to keep the
 # agent at this level for longer than it takes to reproduce the
-# problem you are experiencing.
+# problem you are experiencing. This may also be set using the
+# NEW_RELIC_LOG_LEVEL environment variable.
 log_level = info
 
 # High Security Mode enforces certain security settings, and prevents
@@ -73,8 +78,9 @@ log_level = info
 # not collected and SQL can not be sent to New Relic in its raw form.
 # To activate High Security Mode, it must be set to 'true' in this
 # local .ini configuration file AND be set to 'true' in the
-# server-side configuration in the New Relic user interface. For
-# details, see
+# server-side configuration in the New Relic user interface. It can
+# also be set using the NEW_RELIC_HIGH_SECURITY environment variable.
+# For details, see
 # https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/subscriptions/high-security
 high_security = false
 
@@ -90,6 +96,8 @@ high_security = false
 # would normally always be set as "http" which will result in the
 # agent then using a SSL tunnel through the HTTP proxy for end to
 # end encryption.
+# See https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/agents/python-agent/configuration/python-agent-configuration/#proxy
+# for information on proxy configuration via environment variables.
 # proxy_scheme = http
 # proxy_host = hostname
 # proxy_port = 8080
@@ -182,6 +190,8 @@ thread_profiler.enabled = true
 # Your application deployments can be recorded through the
 # New Relic REST API. To use this feature provide your API key
 # below then use the `newrelic-admin record-deploy` command.
+# This can also be set using the NEW_RELIC_API_KEY
+# environment variable.
 # api_key =
 
 # Distributed tracing lets you see the path that a request takes