2. Getting Started

2.1 Prerequisites and Installation

• A reachable VDURA appliance (PanAPI endpoint), typically on port 8000.
• A tenant-qualified administrator username and password or a pre-issued API token (see Section 3).
• The panctl binary for your platform, placed anywhere on your PATH.

There is nothing to configure before first use; no config file is required to exist, and PanCTL will create one for you on first login.

2.2 Checking Your Version

panctl --version
# or
panctl -V

This prints the version and exits immediately; it does not contact the appliance.