Not a bug but a help post

[alisemihc]

I am using this code to generate YAML file for my synthetic data base to learn how to use fides:

fidesctl generate dataset db fides_resources/fidesfaker_dataset.yml --connection-string Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=fidesdatabase;Data Source=DESKTOP-ET8QFN2\SQLEXPRESS

This is the image.

The error I get is at the bottom

Could someone please help me? Thank you.

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Traceback (most recent call last): File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/utils.py", line 59, in get_db_engine engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(connection_string) File "", line 2, in create_engine File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/deprecations.py", line 309, in warned return fn(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/create.py", line 530, in create_engine u = _url.make_url(url) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/url.py", line 715, in make_url return _parse_rfc1738_args(name_or_url) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/url.py", line 776, in _parse_rfc1738_args raise exc.ArgumentError( sqlalchemy.exc.ArgumentError: Could not parse rfc1738 URL from string 'Provider=SQLOLEDB.1'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/fidesctl", line 8, in sys.exit(cli()) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in call return self.main(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke return __callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 26, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/cli/utils.py", line 192, in wrapper_func raise err File "/fides/src/fidesctl/cli/utils.py", line 188, in wrapper_func return ctx.invoke(func, ctx, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke return __callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/cli/commands/generate.py", line 71, in generate_dataset_db _dataset.generate_dataset_db( File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/dataset.py", line 302, in generate_dataset_db db_datasets = generate_db_datasets(connection_string=connection_string) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/dataset.py", line 273, in generate_db_datasets db_engine = get_db_engine(connection_string) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/utils.py", line 61, in get_db_engine raise Exception("Failed to create engine!") from err Exception: Failed to create engine! bash: Integrated: command not found bash: Persist: command not found bash: Initial: command not found bash: Data: command not found

[alisemihc]

Also used this: fidesctl generate dataset db fides_resources/fidesfaker_dataset.yml --connection-string Server=C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL;Database=fidesdatabase;Uid=Administrator;Pwd=******;

the error I get with this is:

Usage: fidesctl generate dataset db [OPTIONS] OUTPUT_FILENAME Try 'fidesctl generate dataset db -h' for help.

Error: Got unexpected extra arguments (FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL15.SQLEXPRESSMSSQL)

[ThomasLaPiana]

try quoting the connection string, like Server=C:\Program Files\..., that might be the issue here

[alisemihc]

@ThomasLaPiana

Quotations didnt work, it gave the same exception error as before.

Checked my error: Could not parse rfc1738 URL from string

My problem is that not the quotations but the connection string is wrong which I do not understand why.

This is my current database. I do not think something is wrong with it but it would be very nice to comment a document here or tell me how can I extract connection string from this. I am using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

[ThomasLaPiana]

@LawyerDev68 generally the connection string should look something like found in this post

your current connection string is not valid as a URL which is where the error is coming from

[alisemihc]

@ThomasLaPiana I installed postgresql to follow up fides tutorial properly.

my postgresql database

--connection-string postgresql://postgres:[password]@localhost:5432/fidesdatabase

I checked the documentation here: https://hasura.io/learn/database/postgresql/installation/postgresql-connection-string/

and followed the exact steps

I am still getting the same error. Is there something I didnt see it properly? I am using Windows 10

[ThomasLaPiana]

I'm running the following command and seeing it work:

root@64cc06461b53:/fides# fides scan dataset db --connection-string postgresql+psycopg2://postgres:fides@fides-db:5432/fides_test
Loading config from: /fides/.fides/fides.toml
Loading resource manifests from: .fides/
Taxonomy successfully created.
Loaded the following dataset manifests:
        fides_db
        fides_cache
Successfully scanned the following datasets:
        public

Annotation coverage: 100%

So my biggest guess here is that the password has something that isn't getting escaped properly 🤔

Do you get the same error when you quote it? This sounds like something we should be handling, if it is for sure the password causing this

[alisemihc]

@ThomasLaPiana I had problems with password about this database, but then again if I'm able to enter the database with the password I typed through postgresql I think I should be able to do that in code too. But yeah I'll check couple of passwords, no password at all etc. Also yeah I tried to put it in the middle of the quotes but I'll try again with the new stuff too. Cant do that rn but will report here what happened

[alisemihc]

@ThomasLaPiana Something wrong with my SQL orFides ? Not sure. In the meantime I'll try to create YAML files manually

[sanders41]

@LawyerDev68 can you run the following command to verify postgres is up and ready at the expected host and port: pg_isready --host=localhost --port=5432? You should see a response of localhost:5432 - accepting connections

[alisemihc]

@sanders41 bash: pg_isready: command not found I got this, tried to add C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\14 this to the path but it didnt work. I guess I made a mistake here or couldnt connect postgresql to the path. What do you think?

[sanders41]

This is an issue with the command. If it was an issue with connecting to the database the message would be localhost:5432 - no response. I think the path is C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\14\bin. @ThomasLaPiana do you know if this is correct on Windows? You will also probably have to close and reopen your shell to pick up the new path.

[alisemihc]

@sanders41 tried to change the path to the way you proposed and restarted the shell, didnt work. psql variable

[alisemihc]

@sanders41 @ThomasLaPiana Also this is important to say, I installed postgresql plugin to my vs code and found my database through the plugin. So I think that means my connection string does not have any issue. It might be a bug. Problem still persists*

[sanders41]

Ok lets try one more thing. If you run netstat -a -o do you see 0.0.0.0:5432 in the Local Address list?

[alisemihc]

bash: netstat: command not found

@sanders41 Getting this error, but VS code is in the path, I can use shell to install other stuff like Faker etc.

[sanders41]

bash? You are on windows right? You should be able to run that command from powershell.

[alisemihc]

@sanders41 Yeah I'm on windows and I tried it on powershell but it didnt work. Hmm somethings missing in my system, what should I do? Any recommendations?

[ThomasLaPiana]

@LawyerDev68 I tested locally with a postgres database at localhost in case that was the issue, but it completed successfully:

fides> fides scan dataset db --connection-string postgresql+psycopg2://postgres:fides@localhost:5432/fides_test
Loading config from: .fides/fides.toml
Loading resource manifests from: .fides/
Taxonomy successfully created.
Loaded the following dataset manifests:
        fides_db
        fides_cache
Successfully scanned the following datasets:
        public

Annotation coverage: 100%
fides> 

for us to better help you debug, can you show me the entire, unredacted command you're running for scanning now?

[alisemihc]

@ThomasLaPiana Alright this is the entire code.

I have connected the database through postgresql extension in vs without a problem with the same parameters I entered below with the password etc.

My master password and postgres password are different from each other at pgAdmin4 if that means anything

PS C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Ders ve İş\VS> cd fides/ PS C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Ders ve İş\VS\fides> nox -s dev nox > Running session dev nox > Creating virtual environment (virtualenv) using python.exe in .nox\dev nox > docker build --target=dev --tag ethyca/fidesctl:local . [+] Building 4.3s (23/23) FINISHED => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.0s => => transferring dockerfile: 32B 0.0s => [internal] load .dockerignore 0.1s => => transferring context: 35B 0.0s => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/python:3.9-slim-bullseye 2.0s => [base 1/2] FROM docker.io/library/python:3.9-slim-bullseye@sha256:be8c64a08749503880e77755a1089272d4a201e395142aabd4bab54e7f547376 0.0s => [internal] load build context 2.0s => => transferring context: 51.49MB 2.0s => CACHED [base 2/2] RUN pip install -U pip 0.0s => CACHED [builder 1/15] RUN : && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl git vim g++ gnupg gcc && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 0.0s => CACHED [builder 2/15] RUN : && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpq-dev && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 0.0s => CACHED [builder 3/15] RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add - 0.0s => CACHED [builder 4/15] RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/11/prod.list | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list 0.0s => CACHED [builder 5/15] RUN : && apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends apt-transport-https unixodbc-dev mssql-tools && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 0.0s => CACHED [builder 6/15] COPY dev-requirements.txt dev-requirements.txt 0.0s => CACHED [builder 7/15] RUN pip install -r dev-requirements.txt 0.0s => CACHED [builder 8/15] COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt 0.0s => CACHED [builder 9/15] RUN pip install -r requirements.txt 0.0s => CACHED [builder 10/15] COPY optional-requirements.txt optional-requirements.txt 0.0s => CACHED [builder 11/15] RUN pip install -r optional-requirements.txt 0.0s => CACHED [builder 12/15] COPY . /fides 0.0s => CACHED [builder 13/15] WORKDIR /fides 0.0s => CACHED [builder 14/15] RUN git rm --cached -r . 0.0s => CACHED [builder 15/15] RUN git reset --hard 0.0s => CACHED [dev 1/1] RUN pip install --no-deps -e ".[all,mssql]" 0.0s => exporting to image 0.1s => => exporting layers 0.0s => => writing image sha256:1b5d4328105ee2c37e83c454badf76a95e80d4bef86a2f55c6f69ea05a2edf8e 0.1s => => naming to docker.io/ethyca/fidesctl:local 0.0s

Use 'docker scan' to run Snyk tests against images to find vulnerabilities and learn how to fix them nox > docker build --target=frontend --tag ethyca/fidesctl:local-ui . [+] Building 2.1s (10/10) FINISHED => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile 0.0s => => transferring dockerfile: 32B 0.0s => [internal] load .dockerignore 0.1s => => transferring context: 35B 0.0s => [internal] load metadata for docker.io/library/node:16 1.7s => [internal] load build context 0.1s => => transferring context: 28.09kB 0.0s => [frontend 1/5] FROM docker.io/library/node:16@sha256:b35e76ba744a975b9a5428b6c3cde1a1cf0be53b246e1e9a4874f87034222b5a 0.0s => CACHED [frontend 2/5] WORKDIR /fides/clients/ctl/admin-ui 0.0s => CACHED [frontend 3/5] COPY clients/ctl/admin-ui/ . 0.0s => CACHED [frontend 4/5] RUN npm install 0.0s => CACHED [frontend 5/5] RUN npm run export 0.0s => exporting to image 0.1s => => exporting layers 0.0s => => writing image sha256:a60ee6a6e094221ce4b10becd3ca4900365572af6173dfca8a9489a640bb3f2f 0.1s => => naming to docker.io/ethyca/fidesctl:local-ui 0.0s

Use 'docker scan' to run Snyk tests against images to find vulnerabilities and learn how to fix them nox > docker-compose up -d fidesctl-ui time="2022-10-08T09:49:47+03:00" level=warning msg="The "FIDESCTL__CLI__ANALYTICS_ID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." [+] Running 3/3

• Container fides-fidesctl-db-1 Healthy 16.9s
• Container fides-fidesctl-1 Started 18.2s
• Container fides-fidesctl-ui-1 Started 19.6s nox > docker-compose run --rm -e FIDESCTL__CLI__ANALYTICS_ID --user=root fidesctl /bin/bash time="2022-10-08T09:50:07+03:00" level=warning msg="The "FIDESCTL__CLI__ANALYTICS_ID" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string." [+] Running 1/0
• Container fides-fidesctl-db-1 Running 0.0s root@d06ab49436eb:/fides# fidesctl init

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Initializing Fidesctl...

Directory './.fides' already exists.

Configuration file already exists: ./.fides/fidesctl.toml

For example policies and help getting started, see: https://ethyca.github.io/fides/guides/policies/

Fidesctl initialization complete. root@d06ab49436eb:/fides# fides scan dataset db --connection-string postgresql://postgres:***********@localhost:5432/fidesdatabase bash: !@localhost: event not found root@d06ab49436eb:/fides# set +H root@d06ab49436eb:/fides# fides scan dataset db --connection-string postgresql://postgres:**********@localhost:5432/fidesdatabase Loading resource manifests from: .fides/ Taxonomy successfully created. Loaded the following dataset manifests: public Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3243, in _wrap_pool_connect return fn() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 310, in connect return _ConnectionFairy._checkout(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 868, in _checkout fairy = _ConnectionRecord.checkout(pool) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 476, in checkout rec = pool._do_get() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/impl.py", line 146, in do_get self.dec_overflow() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 70, in exit compat.raise( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 207, in raise raise exception File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/impl.py", line 143, in _do_get return self._create_connection() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 256, in _create_connection return _ConnectionRecord(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 371, in init self.__connect() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 666, in connect pool.logger.debug("Error on connect(): %s", e) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 70, in exit compat.raise( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 207, in raise raise exception File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 661, in __connect self.dbapi_connection = connection = pool._invoke_creator(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/create.py", line 590, in connect return dialect.connect(*cargs, **cparams) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py", line 584, in connect return self.dbapi.connect(*cargs, **cparams) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/psycopg2/init.py", line 122, in connect conn = _connect(dsn, connection_factory=connection_factory, **kwasync) psycopg2.OperationalError: could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? could not connect to server: Cannot assign requested address Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/utils.py", line 64, in get_db_engine with engine.begin() as connection: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3025, in begin conn = self.connect(close_with_result=close_with_result) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3197, in connect return self._connection_cls(self, close_with_result=close_with_result) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 96, in init else engine.raw_connection() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3276, in raw_connection return self._wrap_pool_connect(self.pool.connect, _connection) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3246, in _wrap_pool_connect Connection.handle_dbapi_exception_noconnection( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 2100, in handle_dbapi_exception_noconnection util.raise( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 207, in raise raise exception File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py", line 3243, in _wrap_pool_connect return fn() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 310, in connect return _ConnectionFairy._checkout(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 868, in _checkout fairy = _ConnectionRecord.checkout(pool) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 476, in checkout rec = pool._do_get() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/impl.py", line 146, in do_get self.dec_overflow() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 70, in exit compat.raise( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 207, in raise raise exception File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/impl.py", line 143, in _do_get return self._create_connection() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 256, in _create_connection return _ConnectionRecord(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 371, in init self.__connect() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 666, in connect pool.logger.debug("Error on connect(): %s", e) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/langhelpers.py", line 70, in exit compat.raise( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/util/compat.py", line 207, in raise raise exception File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/pool/base.py", line 661, in __connect self.dbapi_connection = connection = pool._invoke_creator(self) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/create.py", line 590, in connect return dialect.connect(*cargs, **cparams) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py", line 584, in connect return self.dbapi.connect(*cargs, **cparams) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/psycopg2/init.py", line 122, in connect conn = _connect(dsn, connection_factory=connection_factory, **kwasync) sqlalchemy.exc.OperationalError: (psycopg2.OperationalError) could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "localhost" (127.0.0.1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? could not connect to server: Cannot assign requested address Is the server running on host "localhost" (::1) and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

(Background on this error at: https://sqlalche.me/e/14/e3q8)

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/fides", line 8, in sys.exit(cli()) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1130, in call return self.main(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1055, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1657, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1404, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke return __callback(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 26, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/cli/utils.py", line 192, in wrapper_func raise err File "/fides/src/fidesctl/cli/utils.py", line 188, in wrapper_func return ctx.invoke(func, ctx, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/click/core.py", line 760, in invoke return __callback(args, kwargs) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/cli/commands/scan.py", line 75, in scan_dataset_db _dataset.scan_dataset_db( File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/dataset.py", line 248, in scan_dataset_db db_datasets = generate_db_datasets(connection_string=connection_string) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/dataset.py", line 273, in generate_db_datasets db_engine = get_db_engine(connection_string) File "/fides/src/fidesctl/ctl/core/utils.py", line 67, in get_db_engine raise Exception(f"Database connection failed with engine:\n{engine}!") from err Exception: Database connection failed with engine: Engine(postgresql://postgres:@localhost:5432/fidesdatabase)! root@d06ab49436eb:/fides#

[ThomasLaPiana]

can you try directly connecting to it via a python shell with sqlalchemy?

Follow this: https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/engines.html#postgresql

and then try to use that engine to talk to the database, such as:

engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(connection_string)
with engine.begin() as connection:
    connection.execute("SELECT 1")

[alisemihc]

I think it works @ThomasLaPiana
Didnt receive any error message in any terminals

[alisemihc]

Disclaimer: Writing this as a feedback and explaining my own experience. I think I wont be trying to use Fides for a while. Dealing with docker, linux systems etc. were too complicated for me. I am sure this is a good thing for senior devs and quality of the systems but for me, entrance bar was a bit high. I had a friend (Bachelors at Electrical Engineering, Masters at Data Science, has his own company, also a dev etc.) Said that this is too complicated for people like me and even mid-tier devs. Then again its an open-source system so I'm not even complaining. But yeah, just saying.

[ThomasLaPiana]

Disclaimer: Writing this as a feedback and explaining my own experience. I think I wont be trying to use Fides for a while. Dealing with docker, linux systems etc. were too complicated for me. I am sure this is a good thing for senior devs and quality of the systems but for me, entrance bar was a bit high. I had a friend (Bachelors at Electrical Engineering, Masters at Data Science, has his own company, also a dev etc.) Said that this is too complicated for people like me and even mid-tier devs. Then again its an open-source system so I'm not even complaining. But yeah, just saying.

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