Netskope AI Gateway is available as a virtual machine (VM) image for Microsoft Azure. This topic explains how to obtain the Azure image and deploy an AI Gateway instance on Azure.
Azure sizing guidelines
Use the following instance types when deploying AI Gateway on Azure:
| Size | Azure instance type |
|---|---|
| small | D16ls_v7 (16 cores/32GB) |
| medium | D32ls_v7 (32 cores/64GB) |
For sizing recommendations across all supported platforms, see AI Gateway Sizing Guidelines.
Get the Azure image
To get the AI Gateway image for Azure, follow these steps:
- Log in to your Netskope tenant UI.
- Go to Settings > Security Cloud Platform > AI Gateway > VM Onboarding.
- On the VM Onboarding page, click Deploy VM > Get VM Image.
- On the Get VM Image page, next to Azure, click View instruction.
The Azure image appears in your Azure tenant/subscription only after Netskope provisions it. - For Azure deployment, see Deploying Azure image.


