To directly send OpenTelemetry metrics and traces generated by ARMS from your AI Application to New Relic, follow the below steps.

1. Get your Credentials

1. Go to the New Relic API Keys UI Page
2. Click Create a Key Button
3. In the Create an API Key Wizard:
   • Set Key Type as Ingest - License
   • Give the API Key Name, for example arms and optionally add any Notes
   • Click on Create a Key

1. Copy the key by clicking on the three dots (...).

2. Instrument your application

SDK

For direct integration into your Python applications:

Function Arguments

import elsai_arms

elsai_arms.init(
  otlp_endpoint="https://otlp.nr-data.net:443",
  otlp_headers="api-key=YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY"
)

Replace:

1. YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY with the API Key value you copied in Step 1.
   • Example: api-key=acxxxxxxxx

Environment Variables

import elsai_arms

elsai_arms.init()

Set these environment variables:

export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://otlp.nr-data.net:443"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="api-key=YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY"

Replace:

1. YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY with the API Key value you copied in Step 1.
   • Example: api-key=acxxxxxxxx

See the ARMS SDK configuration docs for more advanced options.

CLI

For zero-code auto-instrumentation via command line:

CLI Arguments

# Using CLI arguments
elsai-arms-instrument \
  --otlp-endpoint "https://otlp.nr-data.net:443" \
  --otlp-headers "api-key=YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY" \
  --service-name "my-ai-service" \
  --deployment-environment "production" \
  python app.py

Replace:

1. YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY with the API Key value you copied in Step 1.
   • Example: api-key=acxxxxxxxx

Environment Variables

# Set environment variables (takes precedence over CLI args)
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT="https://otlp.nr-data.net:443"
export OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS="api-key=YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY"
export OTEL_SERVICE_NAME="my-ai-service"
export OTEL_DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT="production"

# Run your application
elsai-arms-instrument python app.py

Replace:

1. YOUR_NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY with the API Key value you copied in Step 1.
   • Example: api-key=acxxxxxxxx

See the ARMS SDK configuration docs for more advanced options.

3. Import the pre-built Dashboard

1. Go to one.newrelic.com > Dashboards.
2. In the top-right corner, click Import dashboard.
3. Copy the dashboard JSON provided in the accordion named Dashboard below.
4. Paste the dashboard JSON text directly into the text area.
5. Choose the account and permission settings for the dashboard. You can't change the account once you've set it, but you can change the permissions at any time.
6. Click Import Dashboard.

Dashboard

{
  "name": "GenAI Observability",
  "description": null,
  "permissions": "PUBLIC_READ_WRITE",
  "pages": [
      {
      "name": "GenAI Observability",
      "description": null,
      "widgets": [
          {
          "title": "",
          "layout": {
              "column": 1,
              "row": 1,
              "width": 4,
              "height": 2
          },
          "linkedEntityGuids": null,
          "visualization": {
              "id": "viz.markdown"
          },
          "rawConfiguration": {
              "text": "# GenAI Observability Dashboard\nThis dashboard displays the usage of Large Language Models (LLM) and Vector Databases, tracking OpenTelemetry Traces and Metrics sent using [OpenLIT](https://elsai.ai)."
          }
          },
          {
          "title": "",
          "layout": {
              "column": 5,
              "row": 1,
              "width": 4,
              "height": 2
          },
          "linkedEntityGuids": null,
          "visualization": {
              "id": "viz.billboard"
          },
          "rawConfiguration": {
              "facet": {
              "showOtherSeries": false
              },
              "nrqlQueries": [
              {
                  "accountIds": [
                  4060909
                  ],
                  "query": "SELECT count(`gen_ai.total.requests`) AS 'Total Successful LLM Requests' FROM Metric WHERE `telemetry.sdk.name` = 'elsai-arms'"
              }
              ],
              "platformOptions": {
              "ignoreTimeRange": false
              }
          }
          },
          {
          "title": "",
          "layout": {
              "column": 9,
              "row": 1,
              "width": 4,
              "height": 2
          },
          "linkedEntityGuids": null,
          "visualization": {
              "id": "viz.billboard"
          },
          "rawConfiguration": {
              "facet": {
              "showOtherSeries": false
              },
              "nrqlQueries": [
              {
                  "accountIds": [
                  4060909
                  ],
                  "query": "SELECT count(`db.total.requests`) AS 'Total Successful VectorDB Requests' FROM Metric WHERE `telemetry.sdk.name` = 'elsai-arms'"
              }
              ],
              "platformOptions": {
              "ignoreTimeRange": false
              }
          }
          },
          {
          "title": "Top GenAI Models by Usage",
          "layout": {
              "column": 1,
              "row": 8,
              "width": 6,
              "height": 6
          },
          "linkedEntityGuids": null,
          "visualization": {
              "id": "viz.bar"
          },
          "rawConfiguration": {
              "facet": {
              "showOtherSeries": false
              },
              "nrqlQueries": [
              {
                  "accountIds": [
                  4060909
                  ],
                  "query": "SELECT count(`gen_ai.total.requests`) FROM Metric FACET `gen_ai.request.model` WHERE `telemetry.sdk.name` = 'elsai-arms' LIMIT 10"
              }
              ],
              "platformOptions": {
              "ignoreTimeRange": false
              }
          }
          },
          {
          "title": "GenAI Requests by Platform",
          "layout": {
              "column": 7,
              "row": 8,
              "width": 3,
              "height": 3
          },
          "linkedEntityGuids": null,
          "visualization": {
              "id": "viz.pie"
          },
          "rawConfiguration": {
              "facet": {
              "showOtherSeries": true
              },
              "legend": {
              "enabled": true
              },
              "nrqlQueries": [
              {
                  "accountIds": [
                  4060909
                  ],
                  "query": "SELECT count(`gen_ai.total.requests`) AS 'GenAI Requests by Platform' FROM Metric FACET `gen_ai.system` WHERE `telemetry.sdk.name` = 'elsai-arms' LIMIT 5"
              }
              ],
              "platformOptions": {
              "ignoreTimeRange": false
              }
          }
          }
      ]
      }
  ],
  "variables": []
}