diff --git a/geant_service_orchestrator/services/provisioning_proxy.py b/geant_service_orchestrator/services/provisioning_proxy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96874ed8bb549bc5ab2407cf420a53bcafd827bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geant_service_orchestrator/services/provisioning_proxy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from geant_service_orchestrator.products.product_types.device \
+    import DeviceBlock
+from geant_service_orchestrator import settings
+import requests
+
+
+def provision_node(
+        node_subscription_params: DeviceBlock,
+        pp_params=settings.OSSParams.PROVISIONING_PROXY):
+    r = requests.get(
+        f'https://{pp_params.api_base}'
+        f'/api/version',
+        params=node_subscription_params.dict())
+    r.raise_for_status()
diff --git a/geant_service_orchestrator/settings.py b/geant_service_orchestrator/settings.py
index a0c79368c937971dccf06b8cafdeb927d7cad62c..0846e5f2ae2f983f7216666df34a8388e0697853 100644
--- a/geant_service_orchestrator/settings.py
+++ b/geant_service_orchestrator/settings.py
@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ class IPAMParams(BaseSettings):
     GEANT_IP: ServiceNetworkParams
 
 
+class ProvisioningProxyParams(BaseSettings):
+    api_base: str
+    auth: str  # FIXME: unfinished
+    api_version: int
+
+
 class OSSParams(BaseSettings):
     IPAM: IPAMParams
     RESOURCE_MANAGER_API_PREFIX: str  # api prefix
+    PROVISIONING_PROXY: ProvisioningProxyParams
 
 
 def load_oss_params() -> OSSParams: