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init

Command: init

Hands-on: Try the Fides: Get Started tutorials. For more in-depth details on the init command, check out the Initialize Fides Configuration tutorial.

The fides init command initializes a working directory called .fides and automatically creates a default configuration file called fides.toml using default values. This is the first command that should run if you intend to configure Fides via a toml file rather than via environment variables.

Both methods can be used simultaneously, but note that environment variables take precedence over the toml file values. You can read more about How to configure Fides here.

Usage

Usage: fides init

This command creates the default .fides directory and fides.toml config file using default configuration values.

Running this command should result in output that resembles the following:

$ fides init
 
No config file found
Using default configuration values.
Loading config from: .fides/fides.toml
No config file found
Using default configuration values.
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Created a './.fides' directory.
Created a fides config file: ./.fides/fides.toml
To learn more about configuring fides, see:
	https://docs.ethyca.com/fides/tutorials#getting-started
 
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Initializing fides...
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Directory './.fides' already exists.
Configuration file already exists: ./.fides/fides.toml
To learn more about configuring fides, see:
	https://docs.ethyca.com/fides/tutorials#getting-started
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