Skip to content
2023 API Summit Hackathon: Experiment with AI for APIs (August 28 - September 27) Learn More →
Kong Logo | Kong Docs Logo
search
  • We're Hiring!
  • Docs
    • Kong Gateway
      Lightweight, fast, and flexible cloud-native API gateway
      Kong Konnect
      Single platform for SaaS end-to-end connectivity
      Kong Mesh
      Enterprise service mesh based on Kuma and Envoy
      decK
      Helps manage Kong’s configuration in a declarative fashion
      Kong Ingress Controller
      Works inside a Kubernetes cluster and configures Kong to proxy traffic
      Insomnia
      Collaborative API development platform
      Kuma
      Open-source distributed control plane with a bundled Envoy Proxy integration
      Docs Contribution Guidelines
      Want to help out, or found an issue in the docs and want to let us know?
  • API Specs
  • Plugin Hub
    • Explore the Plugin Hub
      View all plugins View all plugins View all plugins arrow image
    • Functionality View all View all arrow image
      View all plugins
      Authentication's icon
      Authentication
      Protect your services with an authentication layer
      Security's icon
      Security
      Protect your services with additional security layer
      Traffic Control's icon
      Traffic Control
      Manage, throttle and restrict inbound and outbound API traffic
      Serverless's icon
      Serverless
      Invoke serverless functions in combination with other plugins
      Analytics & Monitoring's icon
      Analytics & Monitoring
      Visualize, inspect and monitor APIs and microservices traffic
      Transformations's icon
      Transformations
      Transform request and responses on the fly on Kong
      Logging's icon
      Logging
      Log request and response data using the best transport for your infrastructure
  • Support
  • Community
  • Kong Academy
Get a Demo Start Free Trial
Kong Gateway
3.0.x
  • Home icon
  • Kong Gateway
  • Kong Enterprise
  • FIPS 140-2
github-edit-pageEdit this page
report-issueReport an issue
  • Kong Gateway
  • Kong Konnect
  • Kong Mesh
  • Plugin Hub
  • decK
  • Kong Ingress Controller
  • Insomnia
  • Kuma

  • Docs contribution guidelines
  • 3.4.x (latest)
  • 3.3.x
  • 3.2.x
  • 3.1.x
  • 3.0.x
  • 2.8.x
  • 2.7.x
  • 2.6.x
  • Archive (pre-2.6)
enterprise-switcher-icon Switch to OSS
On this pageOn this page
  • Installing the Kong Gateway FIPS compliant Ubuntu package
  • Configure FIPS
You are browsing documentation for an outdated version. See the latest documentation here.

FIPS 140-2

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 is a federal standard defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It specifies the security requirements that must be satisfied by a cryptographic module. The FIPS Kong Gateway package is FIPS 140-2 compliant. Compliance means that the software has met all of the rules of FIPS 140-2, but has not been submitted to a NIST testing lab for validation.

Kong Enterprise provides a FIPS 140-2 compliant package for Ubuntu 20.04 . This package provides compliance for the core Kong Gateway product .

The package replaces the primary library in Kong Gateway, OpenSSL, with BoringSSL, which at its core uses the FIPS 140-2 validated BoringCrypto for cryptographic operations.

Installing the Kong Gateway FIPS compliant Ubuntu package

The FIPS compliant Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 packages can be installed using the package distinctively named kong-enterprise-edition-fips. To install the package follow these instructions:

  1. Set up the Kong APT repository:
     curl -1sLf "https://packages.konghq.com/public/gateway-30/gpg..key" |  gpg --dearmor >> /usr/share/keyrings/kong-gateway-30-archive-keyring.gpg
     curl -1sLf "https://packages.konghq.com/public/gateway-30/config.deb.txt?distro=ubuntu&codename=$(lsb_release -sc)" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kong-gateway-30.list
    
  2. Update the repository:
     sudo apt-get update
    
  3. Install the Kong Gateway FIPS package:

     apt install kong-enterprise-edition-fips
    

Configure FIPS

To start in FIPS mode, set the following variable to on in the kong.conf configuration file before starting Kong Gateway.

fips = on # fips mode is enabled, causing incompatible ciphers to be disabled

You can also use an environment variable:

export KONG_FIPS=on

Migrating from non-FIPS to FIPS mode and backwards is not supported.

Thank you for your feedback.
Was this page useful?
Too much on your plate? close cta icon
More features, less infrastructure with Kong Konnect. 1M requests per month for free.
Try it for Free
  • Kong
    THE CLOUD CONNECTIVITY COMPANY

    Kong powers reliable digital connections across APIs, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

    • Company
    • Customers
    • Events
    • Investors
    • Careers Hiring!
    • Partners
    • Press
    • Contact
  • Products
    • Kong Konnect
    • Kong Gateway
    • Kong Mesh
    • Get Started
    • Pricing
  • Resources
    • eBooks
    • Webinars
    • Briefs
    • Blog
    • API Gateway
    • Microservices
  • Open Source
    • Install Kong Gateway
    • Kong Community
    • Kubernetes Ingress
    • Kuma
    • Insomnia
  • Solutions
    • Decentralize
    • Secure & Govern
    • Create a Dev Platform
    • API Gateway
    • Kubernetes
    • Service Mesh
Star
  • Terms•Privacy
© Kong Inc. 2023