Install on a FIPS 140-2 enabled machine
Vertica supports the implementation of the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS).
Vertica supports the implementation of the Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS). You enable FIPS mode in the operating system.
Note
Enabling FIPS on the operating system occurs outside of Vertica.During installation, the install_vertica script detects whether the host is operating in FIPS mode. The installer searches for the file /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled and examines its content. If the file exists and contains a '1' in the filename, the host is operating in FIPS mode and the following message appears:
/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled exists and contains '1', this is a FIPS system
Important
On certain systems where the libssl and libcrypto libraries do not have versioning information, when starting Vertica, you may see the message
No version information available
This message is benign and you can ignore it.