Enable and disable FIPS

Purpose

Enables or disables FIPS-compliant security.

URI

Use the Eclipse Amlen REST API POST method with the following Eclipse Amlen configuration URI:

http://<admin-endpoint-IP:Port>/ima/v1/configuration/

Object configuration data

Provide FIPS object configuration data in the payload of the POST method by using the following schema. Content-type is set to application/json:


{    
  "FIPS": true|false
}

Where:

FIPS: true|false: Specifies whether FIPS-compliant security on Eclipse Amlen is enabled (true) or disabled (false).; The default value is false.

Usage Notes®

Capitalization and double quotation marks must be used as shown.
After you change the FIPS mode, the Eclipse Amlen server must be restarted.

Related REST Administration APIs

Show configuration details of fixed-name configuration objects

Example

Enables FIPS:

  
curl -X POST \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json'  \
   -d  '{ 
           "FIPS": true
        }
 '  \
http://127.0.0.1:9089/ima/v1/configuration/

An example response to the POST method:


{        
  "Version": "v1",
  "Code": "CWLNA6011",
  "Message": "The requested configuration change has completed successfully."
}