How to install Landscape Server on FIPS-compliant machines
This document provides the Landscape-specific steps needed for a FIPS-compliant Landscape deployment. The FIPS-compliant process is quite similar to the standard installation process.
Install and configure Landscape for FIPS-compliant deployments
Use the Quickstart or Manual installation guides, with the following changes:
- Install packages with
apt
instead ofsnap
- Use external authentication instead of username/password
If you’re configuring Postfix for emails, add the following change:
-
After you’ve used Postconf to configure the
/etc/postfix/main.cf
file, add an additional step to manually set the SMTP TLS fingerprint digest:sudo postconf -e smtp_tls_fingerprint_digest=sha256
By default, Postfix uses MD5 hashes with the TLS for backward compatibility. In FIPS mode, the MD5 hashing function is not available. SHA-256 is a secure cryptographic hash function that can be used with FIPS.
Related topics
Outside of Landscape, there are additional steps you may need when setting up your full FIPS-compliant deployment. See the following related topics:
- Ubuntu Security | FIPS for Ubuntu
- Ubuntu Security | FIPS for Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu Pro | How to manage FIPS