Installing Fides with Pip

Prerequisites

See the project requirements to get started.

Run python --version in a new shell to confirm that Python is ready to use:

% python --version
Python 3.9.13

Once you are sure Python is running, you are ready to install Fides!

Installation

The Fides Python package is published on PyPI (opens in a new tab) and maintained by the Fides team.

To install Fides, run:

pip install ethyca-fides

Initialize Fides

Initializing the project will create a configuration file with default values, and generate a directory to house your Fides resources.

fides init

Initializing Fides...
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Created a './.fides' directory.
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Created a fides config file: ./.fides/fides.toml
To learn more about configuring fides, see:
    https://docs.ethyca.com/configuration/
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For example policies and help getting started, see:
    /dev-docs/installation/quickstart
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Fides initialization complete.

Running the webserver

In a shell, run the following command:

fides webserver

With the Fides webserver running, the hosted UI is available at http://{server_url}/ (e.g. http://localhost:8080/).

Next steps

For more information on customizing your environment configuration, see the configuration reference guide.

Now that Fides is up and running, you're ready to get started with DSR automation and data mapping!