[Python] How to reference newrelic keys via settings.py

I am just using NewRelic for the first time. I have the new relic.ini file, which includes the license_key and app_name hard coded, in my Django Python repository and have updated my manage.py script to be as so:

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
import newrelic.agent
newrelic.agent.initialize('newrelic.ini')

import os
import sys


def main():

.....

if __name__ == '__main__':
main()


When I run my api locally via ./manage.py runserver I can see the logs being tracked in NewRelic which is good.

However, I'm wanting to remove the hardcoded license_key and app_name from the newrelic.ini file so that I can reference environment variables. I have read this documentation https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/...gent-configuration/#server-side-configuration which outlines the environment and config variables.

I added this to my settings.py file so that I can override the env variables on deployment:

NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME = "My API"

NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"


I have tried

• removing license_key and app_name entirely from newrelic.ini
• keeping the variables but setting them equal to ""
• keeping the variables but setting license_key = NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY

but I can't seem to get it tracking without it being hardcoded in the newrelic.ini file

So my question - how can I use environment variables with the newrelic.ini file?

thanks in advance

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