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title: "Prerequisites | Grafana Labs"
description: "What you need before starting the hands-on modules"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## Required

- **Grafana instance** (version 12 or higher, Cloud or self-managed)
- **Service account token** (an API credential that lets automated tools authenticate to Grafana without using your personal login)
- **GitHub repository** (for the CI/CD section)
- **Terraform** (for deployment modules)
- **Go 1.21+** or **Node.js 18+** (for running SDK code)

## Recommended

- Clone the [intro-to-foundation-sdk](https://github.com/grafana/intro-to-foundation-sdk) repository for working examples