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title: Prerequisites
description: Complete the following prerequisites before deploying PingIntelligence policy on Akana API gateway.
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revdate: March 21, 2024
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# Prerequisites

Complete the following prerequisites before deploying PingIntelligence policy on Akana API gateway.

**Install PingIntelligence software:**PingIntelligence software should be installed and configured. Refer to [Automated deployment](../pingintelligence_production_deployment/pingintelligence_automated_deployment.html) or [Manual deployment](../pingintelligence_production_deployment/pingintelligence_manual_deployment.html).

**Verify that ASE is in sideband mode:**Check that ASE is in sideband mode by running the following ASE command:

```
/opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh status
API Security Enforcer
status                  : started
mode                    : sideband
http/ws                 : port 80
https/wss               : port 443
firewall                : enabled
abs                     : enabled, ssl: enabled
abs attack              : disabled
audit                   : enabled
sideband authentication : disabled
ase detected attack     : disabled
attack list memory      : configured 128.00 MB, used 25.60 MB, free 102.40 MB
```

If ASE is not in sideband mode, then stop ASE and change the mode by editing the`/opt/pingidentity/ase/config/ase.conf` file. Set mode as sideband and start ASE.

**Enable sideband authentication:** For a secure communication between Akana gateway and ASE, enable sideband authentication by entering the following ASE command:

```
# ./bin/cli.sh enable_sideband_authentication -u admin –p
```

Ensure SSL is configured in ASE for client side connection using CA-signed certificate.Please refer to [Configure SSL for external APIs](../api_security_enforcer/pingintelligence_confguring_ssl_external_apis.html) for more details.

**Generate sideband authentication token:** To generate the token in ASE, enter the following command in the ASE command line:

```
# ./bin/cli.sh -u admin -p admin create_sideband_token
```