Address translation for external network appliance

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to:

• request first network information from a first component of a network using a public IP address for the first component, wherein the first network information includes private IP addresses for a second component in the network;
• translate, based on a mapping information for a private IP address space to a public IP address space, the private IP address for a second component to a public IP address for the second component;
• request second network information from the second component using the public IP address;
• and
• provide a network management service for the network based on the second network information.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• receive a network address translation (NAT) configuration file mapping public IP addresses to private IP addresses;
• request, from outside of a network using a public IP address for a controller located inside the network, first network information from the controller, wherein the first network information includes private IP addresses for a set of other components in the network;
• translate at least one private IP address for at least one component in the set of other components to at least one public IP address for the at least one component;
• and
• request second network information from the at least one component using the at least one public IP address.