Deploy. Configure. Comply.

Start your Fides privacy engineering journey by running a DSR in under five minutes against real databases. Here's how to go from 0 → DSR.
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Download and Install Fides

You can easily download and install Fides using
pip
, the package installer for Python. Copy, paste, and run the command in the code window. Note that Fides requires Python (version 3.8 - 3.10) and Docker (version 20.10.11 or higher) to run on your machine.

If you'd like a hand with set up, join the Fides slack.
$ pip install ethyca-fides

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Download and Install Fides

You can easily download and install Fides using
pip
, the package installer for Python. Copy, paste, and run the command in the code window. Note that Fides requires Python (version 3.8 - 3.10) and Docker (version 20.10.11 or higher) to run on your machine.

If you'd like a hand with set up, join the Fides slack.
$ pip install ethyca-fides
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Deploy Your Fides Sample Project: Cookie House

By default, Fides ships with a small project belonging to a fictional ecommerce store, Cookie House. Running the
fides deploy up
command builds a Fides project with all you need to run your first Data Subject Request against real databases.
$ fides deploy up

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Deploy Your Fides Sample Project: Cookie House

By default, Fides ships with a small project belonging to a fictional ecommerce store, Cookie House. Running the
fides deploy up
command builds a Fides project with all you need to run your first Data Subject Request against real databases.
$ fides deploy up
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Exploring Fides and the Cookie House Sample Project

When
fides deploy up
finishes you'll see a welcome screen explaining the key components of Fides and the sample Cookie House project.

If your browser does not open automatically, you should navigate to: http://localhost:3000/landing
    The project contains:
  1. Fides webserver and Admin UI for administering privacy requests
  2. "Cookie House" sample ecommerce project to collect data
  3. PrivacyCenter to submit privacy requests, customized for "Cookie House"
  4. DSR directory on your computer, where results are saved
Explore Fides

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Exploring Fides and the Cookie House Sample Project

When
fides deploy up
finishes you'll see a welcome screen explaining the key components of Fides and the sample Cookie House project.

If your browser does not open automatically, you should navigate to: http://localhost:3000/landing
    The project contains:
  1. Fides webserver and Admin UI for administering privacy requests
  2. "Cookie House" sample ecommerce project to collect data
  3. PrivacyCenter to submit privacy requests, customized for "Cookie House"
  4. DSR directory on your computer, where results are saved
Explore Fides
This is the webserver and Admin UI to manage Fides, including adminstering privacy requests (and more!) Username: fidestest Password: Apassword1! http://localhost:8080
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Run Your First DSR

  1. Open the Privacy Center and submit a "Download your Data" request, using a sample user (jane@example.com)
  2. Login to the Fides Admin UI with
    username: fidestest, password: Apassword1!
  3. Review the new privacy request and approve it for processing
  4. Once completed, review the results saved to the "fides_uploads" directory on your computer
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Run Your First DSR

  1. Open the Privacy Center and submit a "Download your Data" request, using a sample user (jane@example.com)
  2. Login to the Fides Admin UI with
    username: fidestest, password: Apassword1!
  3. Review the new privacy request and approve it for processing
  4. Once completed, review the results saved to the "fides_uploads" directory on your computer
Congratulations section

Congratulations! You've just run an entire privacy request in under 5 minutes!

You're done!

Fides is the privacy platform developers love. If you want to learn more about deploying Privacy as Code in your infrastructure, click below to access our developer documentation.

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