# Setting Up Nightfall

Before you use the scan endpoint, there are a number of actions to do within the Nightfall dashboard to get your environment set up properly.

* See[ Creating an API Key](/developer-api/key-concepts/setup/api_key.md) to see how to create the necessary Authentication token for making API calls.
* See [Creating a Detector](https://help.nightfall.ai/detection_platform/detectors) for how to define your own custom logic for detecting sensitive data
* See [Creating Detection Rules](https://help.nightfall.ai/detection_platform/create_detection_rules) for how to aggregate Detectors for use in the `scan` endpoint
* See [Creating Policies](/developer-api/key-concepts/setup/policies.md) for how to set up common workflows that combine your Detection Rules with remediation actions such as alerting.


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