Envoy must be configured to operate in FIPS mode.

Envoy ships with FIPS 140-2 validated OpenSSL cryptographic libraries and is configured by default to run in FIPS mode. This module is used for all cryptographic operations performed by Envoy, including protection of data-in-transit over the client Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000014-WSR-000006, SRG-APP-000179-WSR-000111, SRG-APP-000416-WSR-000118, SRG-APP-000439-WSR-000188, SRG-APP-000179-WSR-000110

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath '/config/vmacore/ssl/fips' /etc/vmware-rhttpproxy/config.xml 

Expected result:

<fips>true</fips>

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-rhttpproxy/config.xml

Locate the <config>/<vmacore>/<ssl> block and configure <fips> as follows:

<fips>true</fips>

Restart the service for changes to take effect.

# vmon-cli --restart rhttpproxy