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title: "Prerequisites"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuideTerraformNIOSProvider/807896429/Prerequisites"
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The following are prerequisites for using the Infoblox Terraform provider:


- Terraform version 1.8.1 or newer.
- Infoblox NIOS or vNIOS appliance, version 9.0.x or newer with required licenses: Grid, NIOS, DNS.
- Go version 1.21
- If you plan to develop a plug-in that includes features that are not in the published version, then install the <u>[infoblox-go-client](https://github.com/infobloxopen/infoblox-go-client)</u> and Go programming language.