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To generate an API key you will need the following:

- The firewall's hostname or IP address
- The firewall's admin username
- The firewall's admin password

First, create Palo Alto Networks Firewall credential in Tines

Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Credentials"

Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"

Input the values for the Palo Alto Networks Firewall credential

1. Name: PAN Firewall Admin Password
2. Description: Optional
3. Value: Your admin password

1. Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.
2. Access: What other teams can also use the API

1. Login to your Tines tenant
2. Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Credentials"
3. Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"
4. Input the values for the Palo Alto Networks Firewall credential
 1. Name: PAN Firewall Admin Password
 2. Description: Optional
 3. Value: Your admin password
5. Optional
 1. Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.
 2. Access: What other teams can also use the API
6. Click "Save"

Next, generate a Palo Alto Networks Firewall API Key in Tines

Paste the following action onto the storyboard, replace <code>firewall_hostname</code> and <code>&lt;user&gt;</code> with the firewall's hostname and admin username, then run the action

Copy the <code>key</code> value from the response:

1. Create a new story
2. Paste the following action onto the storyboard, replace <code>firewall_hostname</code> and <code>&lt;user&gt;</code> with the firewall's hostname and admin username, then run the action 
 {"standardLibVersion":"42","actionRuntimeVersion":"6","agents":[{"disabled":false,"name":"Generate PAN Firewall API Key","description":"Created from cURL command","options":"{\"url\":\"https://&lt;&lt;firewall_hostname&gt;&gt;/api/?type=keygen\",\"method\":\"post\",\"content_type\":\"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\",\"payload\":{\"password\":\"&lt;&lt;CREDENTIAL.pan_firewall_admin_password&gt;&gt;\",\"user\":\"&lt;user&gt;\"}}","position":{"x":1995,"y":375},"type":"httpRequest","timeSavedUnit":"minutes","timeSavedValue":0,"monitorAllEvents":false,"monitorFailures":false,"monitorNoEventsEmitted":null,"recordType":null,"recordWriters":[],"form":null,"cardIconName":null,"createdFromTemplateGuid":null,"createdFromTemplateVersion":null,"originStoryIdentifier":"cloud:aa47f8215c6f30a0dcdb2a36a9f4168e:cf6e110a4849cd0f6b69a3d39da8f81a"}],"links":[],"diagramNotes":[]}
 
3. Copy the <code>key</code> value from the response:

Lastly, create Palo Alto Networks Firewall credential in Tines

1. Name: PAN Firewall API Key
2. Description: Optional
3. Value: Your API Key

1. Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Credentials"
2. Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"
3. Input the values for the Palo Alto Networks Firewall credential
 1. Name: PAN Firewall API Key
 2. Description: Optional
 3. Value: Your API Key
4. Optional
 1. Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.
 2. Access: What other teams can also use the API
5. Click "Save"

For more on creating credentials in Tines, click <a href="https://explained.tines.com/en/articles/6877578-what-are-credentials-in-tines">here</a>.

You can find a selection of Palo Alto Networks Firewall stories in the <a href="https://www.tines.com/library?s=palo%20alto%20networks%20firewall&amp;view=all" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">story library</a>