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+# PAN-OS credientials if using an API key, leave username and password blank
+PAN_USERNAME=
+PAN_PASSWORD=
+API_KEY=
+
+# hostname or IP address
+HOSTNAME=
+
+# target PAN-OS version
+TARGET_VERSION=
+
+# manage the levels of logging of the script debug, info, warning, error, critical
+LOG_LEVEL=