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How to Disable FIPS on linux | CentOS server

Written By Kiran Deshmukh on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 | 08:03 AM

 
Steps to Disable Remove dracut-fips # yum remove dracut-fips\* Backup existing initramfs # mv -v /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img{,.FIPS-bak} Create a new initramfs # dracut Update kernel argument # grubby --update-kernel=ALL --remove-args=fips=1 # reboot (Please make sure you should delete Entries for Viking Logical Volumes from /etc/fstab if you are enabling FIPS after viking cleanup ) To check that FIPS is disabled # sysctl crypto.fips_enabled should now return 0. link to Enable FIPS