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title: "Prerequisites"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidePANFirewallInfobloxNIOSOutboundAPIIntegration/664174645/Prerequisites"
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The following are prerequisites for Outbound API notifications:

### Infoblox** **

1. NIOS 8.4 or higher
2. Security Ecosystem license
3. Outbound API integration templates
  - Available for free download on the Infoblox <u>[community site](https://community.infoblox.com/)</u> after creating an account.
4. Prerequisites for templates
  - ex. Configured and set extensible attributes.
5. Preconfigured services. You may only need some if you need to sync only certain event types to the PAN firewall depending on your needs.
  - DNS
  - DHCP
  - RPZ
  - Threat Analytics
  - Discovery
6. NIOS API user with the following permissions (access via API only)
  - All Hosts – R-W
  - All DHCP Fixed Addresses/Reservations – R-W
  - All IPv4 Networks – R-W

### PAN Firewall

1. Installed and configured PAN Firewall
  - Tested with PAN 8.1, 9, and 10.1
2. User credentials for the PAN Firewall
  - User requires access to Address and Address group objects within PAN