15.3. Installing a cluster in FIPS mode
To install a cluster in FIPS mode, follow the instructions to install a customized cluster on your preferred infrastructure. Ensure that you set fips: true
in the install-config.yaml
file before you deploy your cluster.
If you are using Azure File storage, you cannot enable FIPS mode.
To apply AES CBC
encryption to your etcd data store, follow the Encrypting etcd data process after you install your cluster.
If you add RHEL nodes to your cluster, ensure that you enable FIPS mode on the machines before their initial boot. See Adding RHEL compute machines to an OpenShift Container Platform cluster and Enabling FIPS Mode in the RHEL 7 documentation.