Private Nodes
Monitor APIs and apps inside your network. Deploy lightweight APIContext nodes behind your firewall to test internal APIs, private services, and employee-facing workflows without exposing sensitive systems to the public internet.
Run outside-in checks from inside your own infrastructure.
Private nodes execute the same synthetic journeys as cloud POPs, but originate from your network so internal APIs, staging environments, and restricted applications can be tested safely.
Drop a lightweight runner into any private environment.
Run agents as Docker containers, scheduled jobs, or service workloads in your VPC, data center, Kubernetes cluster, or secure network segment.
- Docker-first deployment
- Kubernetes and VM friendly
- Outbound connection to APIContext
- No public exposure of internal endpoints
Test business-critical APIs customers and employees depend on.
Validate private applications, partner integrations, internal APIs, and remote employee workflows from the places where they actually run.
- Internal API availability
- Employee workflow checks
- Partner and branch-office perspectives
- Private DNS and network path validation
Keep sensitive calls and credentials under your control.
Agents run inside your infrastructure using your enterprise credentials, secrets, and network policies. APIContext receives telemetry, not unrestricted access to your private services.
- Use your identity and secret stores
- Control who calls which services
- Keep request paths inside your boundary
- Send clean OTEL signal to your observability stack
Private-node telemetry flows into the same tools your teams already use
Outbound-only: Agents connect out to APIContext, so private services do not need inbound public access. Credential control: Use your own enterprise auth, vault, and network policy for private checks. Hybrid coverage: Combine public cloud POPs with private locations for a complete customer-to-origin picture. Internal synthetics: Run the same API, browser, and workflow checks against internal-only systems. Topology-aware: Separate cloud, edge, origin, and private-network failures in a single journey. OTEL-native: Forward traces, logs, metrics, and events from private runs to your existing tools.
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[Human view](https://apicontext.com/features/private-nodes) · [Markdown view](https://apicontext.com/features/private-nodes.md) · [APIContext home](https://apicontext.com) # Private Nodes Canonical URL: https://apicontext.com/features/private-nodes Source: static Description: Deploy lightweight APIContext nodes behind your firewall to test internal APIs, private services, and employee\-facing workflows without exposing sensitive systems to the public internet\. ## Summary Monitor APIs and apps inside your network\. Deploy lightweight APIContext nodes behind your firewall to test internal APIs, private services, and employee\-facing workflows without exposing sensitive systems to the public internet\. ## Stats - <5m to deploy the first node - 0 inbound firewall rules required - VPC cloud, hybrid, or on\-prem - OTEL traces from inside the boundary ## Page sections ### Run outside\-in checks from inside your own infrastructure\. Category: Inside the boundary Private nodes execute the same synthetic journeys as cloud POPs, but originate from your network so internal APIs, staging environments, and restricted applications can be tested safely\. ### Drop a lightweight runner into any private environment\. Category: Container\-native deployment Run agents as Docker containers, scheduled jobs, or service workloads in your VPC, data center, Kubernetes cluster, or secure network segment\. - Docker\-first deployment - Kubernetes and VM friendly - Outbound connection to APIContext - No public exposure of internal endpoints ### Test business\-critical APIs customers and employees depend on\. Category: Behind\-firewall monitoring Validate private applications, partner integrations, internal APIs, and remote employee workflows from the places where they actually run\. - Internal API availability - Employee workflow checks - Partner and branch\-office perspectives - Private DNS and network path validation ### Keep sensitive calls and credentials under your control\. Category: Data control Agents run inside your infrastructure using your enterprise credentials, secrets, and network policies\. APIContext receives telemetry, not unrestricted access to your private services\. - Use your identity and secret stores - Control who calls which services - Keep request paths inside your boundary - Send clean OTEL signal to your observability stack ### Private\-node telemetry flows into the same tools your teams already use Outbound\-only: Agents connect out to APIContext, so private services do not need inbound public access\. Credential control: Use your own enterprise auth, vault, and network policy for private checks\. Hybrid coverage: Combine public cloud POPs with private locations for a complete customer\-to\-origin picture\. Internal synthetics: Run the same API, browser, and workflow checks against internal\-only systems\. Topology\-aware: Separate cloud, edge, origin, and private\-network failures in a single journey\. OTEL\-native: Forward traces, logs, metrics, and events from private runs to your existing tools\. ## Key facts - Docker deploy - Outbound\-only - Private APIs - Internal workflows - Enterprise credentials - <5m to deploy the first node - 0 inbound firewall rules required - VPC cloud, hybrid, or on\-prem - OTEL traces from inside the boundary - Outbound\-only: Agents connect out to APIContext, so private services do not need inbound public access\. - Credential control: Use your own enterprise auth, vault, and network policy for private checks\. - Hybrid coverage: Combine public cloud POPs with private locations for a complete customer\-to\-origin picture\. - Internal synthetics: Run the same API, browser, and workflow checks against internal\-only systems\. ## Primary entities - APIContext - Features - API monitoring - OpenTelemetry - Docker deploy - Outbound\-only - Private APIs - Internal workflows - Enterprise credentials ## Audience - API teams - SRE teams - platform teams ## Primary links - [Start monitoring behind the firewall\.](/contact)