Enabling FIPS on your Red Hat OpenShift cluster

To run Cloud Pak for Data on a Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliant system, use the following Red Hat® OpenShift® planning information steps.

1. Enable FIPS mode on all nodes.
   For more information, see Support for FIPS cryptography in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation:

   • Version 4.12
   • Version 4.14
   • Version 4.15
   • Version 4.16

   Restriction: FIPS is supported only on x86_64 hardware.
2. Install Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in FIPS mode.
   For more information, see Installing a cluster in FIPS mode in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation:

   • Version 4.12
   • Version 4.14
   • Version 4.15
   • Version 4.16