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# Azure Application LB

# Azure Application LB pattern-based discovery {#ariaid-title1}

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Updated June 17, 2026  
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## Summary of Azure Application LB pattern-based discovery

The Azure Application LB pattern-based discovery in ServiceNow identifies Azure application load balancers within your cloud environment using Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns.
To discover these resources effectively, customers must ensure prerequisites for Microsoft Azure discovery are met and configure discovery schedules accordingly, especially when working with Azure GovCloud (US) environments.
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## Key Features

* **Discovery Data Population:** Running the Azure - Application LB (LP) pattern populates key load balancer data into the CMDB, including load balancer details, IP addresses, pools, and services.
* **Detailed Load Balancer CI Records:** The discovery creates comprehensive configuration items (CIs) with fields such as name, object ID, location, state, IP addresses (private/public), DNS details, ports, and installation status for various load balancer components.
* **CI Relationships and References:** The pattern establishes important relationships among CIs, such as load balancers hosted on Azure datacenters, ownership links to IP addresses, hosting relationships with pools and services, and containment by subnets and resource groups. These relationships enable accurate mapping and understanding of dependencies.
* **Tag Collection:** Azure tags associated with load balancers are discovered and stored in the CMDB's Key Value table, supporting enhanced categorization and filtering capabilities.

## Practical Use for ServiceNow Customers

By implementing this discovery pattern, ServiceNow customers can automatically populate and maintain accurate CMDB records for Azure application load balancers, improving visibility into their cloud infrastructure. This enables better operational management, troubleshooting, and service mapping related to Azure load balancers. Ensuring prerequisites and configurations are correctly set, especially for GovCloud, helps achieve reliable and up-to-date discovery results.  
Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure application load balancers on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

## Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements {#azure-application-lb-pattern__section_rpj_fj2_bgc}

Verify the Microsoft Azure discovery prerequisites
:   For more information, see the prerequisites section in [Microsoft Azure Cloud discovery using patterns](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/e2521~KHAw8EO7j1nC9QMA "Discovery uses multiple patterns to discover components of the Microsoft Azure Cloud deployment during horizontal discovery. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.").

Configure the Discovery schedule to support GovCloud
:   Discovering Azure GovCloud (US) accounts requires using a datacenter URL when setting up an Azure service account. For more information, see [Set up Azure service accounts](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/XKQpJvxWTKNL58XCkRHVxA "Create and configure cloud service accounts at ServiceNow AI Platform for the corresponding Microsoft Azure accounts.").{#azure-application-lb-pattern__configure-govcloud-azure-dd}
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## Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery {#azure-application-lb-pattern__section_ggp_ql2_bgc}

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Application LB (LP) pattern.  
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| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Name \[name\] | The Name or ID if no Name is specified for the load balancer. |
| Object ID \[object_id\] | A unique identifier, allocated by Azure for this resource. |
| Location \[location\] | The path of the load balancer. |
| State \[state\] | The current state of the load balancer. |
| IP Address \[ip_address\] | IP address of the load balancer. |
| Fully qualified domain name \[fqdn\] | The fully qualified domain name of the load balancer. |
| DNS Name \[dns_name\] | The DNS name of the load balancer. |
| Comments \[comments\] | Identifier for internal usage (deletion strategy). |
| Install Status \[install_status\] | Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed. |
[Table 1. Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\]]

{#azure-application-lb-pattern__table_clb_data}  
{#azure-application-lb-pattern__table_clbip_data__entry__2}

| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Object ID \[object_id\] | A unique identifier, allocated by Azure for this resource. |
| IP Address \[ip_address\] | IP address of the load balancer. |
| IPAddress Type \[ipaddress_type\] | The type of the IP address. Possible values are private or public. |
| Fully qualified domain name \[fqdn\] | The fully qualified domain name of the load balancer. |
| Comments \[comments\] | Identifier for internal usage (deletion strategy). |
| Install Status \[install_status\] | Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed. |
[Table 2. Cloud LB IPAddress \[cmdb_ci_cloud_lb_ipaddress\]]

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| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Name \[name\] | The Name or ID if no Name is specified for the load balancer pool. |
| Object ID \[object_id\] | A unique identifier, allocated by Azure for this resource. |
| Location \[location\] | Path of the load balancer pool. |
| Comments \[comments\] | Identifier for internal usage (deletion strategy). |
| Install Status \[install_status\] | Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed. |
[Table 3. Load Balancer Pool \[cmdb_ci_lb_pool\]]

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| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Name \[name\] | The Name or ID if no Name is specified for the load balancer service. |
| Object ID \[object_id\] | A unique identifier, allocated by Azure for this resource. |
| Location \[location\] | Path of the load balancer service. |
| Port \[port\] | The TCP port that the load balancer service listens to. |
| Comments \[comments\] | Identifier for internal usage (deletion strategy). |
| Install Status \[install_status\] | Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed. |
[Table 4. Load Balancer Service \[cmdb_ci_lb_service\]]

{#azure-application-lb-pattern__table_lbservice_data}

## CI relationships {#azure-application-lb-pattern__section_dc4_ghc_dgc}

The Azure - Application LB (LP) pattern creates the following relationships and references to support Azure Application LB discovery. References link to records in other tables and don't appear in the CI Relationship \[cmdb_rel_ci\] table.  
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| CI | Relationship | CI |
|-|-|-|
| Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] | Hosted on::Hosts | Azure Datacenter \[cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter\] |
| Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] | Owns::Owned by | Cloud LB IPAddress \[cmdb_ci_cloud_lb_ipaddress\] |
| Load Balancer Pool \[cmdb_ci_lb_pool\] | Hosted on::Hosts | Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] |
| Load Balancer Service \[cmdb_ci_lb_service\] | Hosted on::Hosts | Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] |
| Cloud Subnet \[cmdb_ci_cloud_subnet\] | Contains::Contained by | Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] |
| Resource Group \[cmdb_ci_resource_group\] | Contains::Contained by | Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] |
[Table 5. CI relationships]

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| CI | Field | Referenced CI |
|-|-|-|
| Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\] | Configuration item \[configuration_item\] | Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] |
[Table 6. CI references]

{#azure-application-lb-pattern__table_ci_references}

## Azure Tag discovery {#azure-application-lb-pattern__section_lyw_zhc_dgc}

The Azure - Application LB (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\] table.  
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| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Key \[key\] | Tag name. |
| Value \[value\] | Tag value. |
| Configuration item \[configuration_item\] | References the Cloud Load Balancer \[cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer\] table. |
[Table 7. Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\]]

{#azure-application-lb-pattern__table_tags}