# Installing Fides with Pip

## Prerequisites  
See the [project requirements](/content/docs/platform/installation/requirements/index.html) to get started.

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

Example output:

```
% 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)](https://pypi.org/project/fides/) 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.

Initialize Fides

```
fides init
```

Expected Output

```
Initializing Fides...
----------
Created a './.fides' directory.
----------
Created a fides config file: ./.fides/fides.toml
To learn more about configuring fides, see:
    https://docs.ethyca.com/configuration/
----------
For example policies and help getting started, see:
    /platform/installation/quickstart
----------
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](/content/docs/platform/configuration/configuration/index.html) guide.

Now that Fides is up and running, you're ready to get started with [DSR automation](/content/docs/privacy-requests/index.html) and [data mapping](/content/docs/data-mapping/index.html)!  
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