Configure tag Name as hostname for New Relic

gistfile1.txt

files:
    "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/60_configure_newrelic_hostname.sh":
        mode: "000755"
        owner: root
        group: root
        content: |
            #!/bin/bash
            set -xe

            export EC2_TAG_NAME=$(/opt/aws/bin/ec2-describe-tags --filter "resource-type=instance" --filter "resource-id=$(/opt/aws/bin/ec2-metadata -i | cut -d ' ' -f2)" --filter "key=Name" | cut -f5)
            sed -i "s/#hostname=.*/hostname=$EC2_TAG_NAME/" /etc/newrelic/nrsysmond.cfg
            /etc/init.d/newrelic-sysmond restart
            exit 0

Added to .ebextensions/00_configure_newrelic_hostname.config file. The script will be executed upon app deployment and it would register EC2 tag "Name" as hostname at New Relic. By default it's a dynamic IP address and it's very hard to distinguish between different servers.