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Add private location capabilities overview page (draft for review) - #25035

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What & why

New Relic's private location capabilities are powerful but currently spread across many install and configuration pages, which makes them hard to discover. This adds a single Private location capabilities overview page that consolidates them, grouped by problem area:

  • Foundation — deploy anywhere (Docker/Podman/Kubernetes/OpenShift), outbound-only, per-check sandboxing
  • Security & hardening — custom CA certificates, non-root execution, verified script execution (VSE), secure credentials
  • Compliance — FedRAMP Moderate (in scope)
  • Networking — dual stack (IPv4 + IPv6), outbound proxy
  • Extensibility — custom Node modules, user-defined variables
  • Scaling & operations — heavyweight/lightweight workers, horizontal/vertical scaling, health events, queue purge, key rotation
  • Automation — NerdGraph API + Terraform, shared locations

It also includes a capability matrix and a Not supported section clarifying that Kerberos auth and custom hostnames / /etc/hosts are not private-location features (a common misconception). Adds a sidenav entry under Private locations.

Draft — for review

This is a draft to solicit review and contribution. The page intentionally contains a "Draft for review" banner and a Contribution and open questions section (both marked to be removed before publishing).

Open questions for reviewers:

  • RBAC capability names for managing private locations / secure credentials — need a source-of-truth confirmation.
  • Runtime versions — the runtime-transition guide and install page differ on the target Chrome minor (146 vs 147); reconcile before quoting.
  • Scope — should this also cover monitor-downtime / SJM maintenance, or just link out?
  • Placement — currently added under Private locations, after the overview. Confirm this is the right home.

All technical claims are sourced from existing docs.newrelic.com pages; cross-links point to the canonical install/config pages.

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Consolidates New Relic synthetic monitoring private location capabilities
that are spread across many install and configuration pages into one page,
grouped by problem area: security and hardening, compliance, networking,
extensibility, scaling and operations, and automation. Includes a capability
matrix and a "Not supported" section (Kerberos auth and custom hostnames are
not private-location features). Adds a sidenav entry under Private locations.

Contains a review banner and open-questions section to remove before publishing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Hi @newrelicsaurabh 👋

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newrelicsaurabh marked this pull request as ready for review July 30, 2026 06:23
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