Azure Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateway pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure NAT Gateway resources on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the Azure discovery prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud discovery using patterns.

    Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

    Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Azure - NAT Gateway (LP) pattern.

    Table 1. NAT Gateway [cmdb_ci_nat_gateway]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] The unique Azure resource identifier for the NAT Gateway.
    Name [name] The name of the NAT Gateway resource.
    State [state] The operational state of the NAT Gateway.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

    CI relationships

    The Azure - NAT Gateway (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Azure NAT Gateway discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group] Contains::Contained by NAT Gateway [cmdb_ci_nat_gateway]
    NAT Gateway [cmdb_ci_nat_gateway] Hosted on::Hosts Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
    Cloud Subnet [cmdb_ci_cloud_subnet] Uses::Used by NAT Gateway [cmdb_ci_nat_gateway]
    Key Value [cmdb_key_value] References NAT Gateway [cmdb_ci_nat_gateway]

    Azure Tag discovery

    The Azure - NAT Gateway (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

    Table 2. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.
    Configuration item [configuration_item] References the NAT Gateway [cmdb_ci_nat_gateway] table.