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Expand Up @@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ Prerequisites
-------------

.. important::

.. include:: /includes/extracts/security-prereq-configure-fips.rst

Only the `MongoDB Enterprise`_ version supports FIPS mode. See
Only `MongoDB Enterprise`_ edition supports FIPS mode. See
:doc:`/administration/install-enterprise` to download and install
`MongoDB Enterprise`_ to use FIPS mode.
`MongoDB Enterprise`_.

Your system must have an OpenSSL library configured with the FIPS 140-2
module. At the command line, type ``openssl version`` to confirm your
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -68,18 +69,20 @@ system. However, if your environment requires FIPS compliant encryption
uses only FIPS-compliant encryption.

MongoDB's FIPS support covers the way that MongoDB uses OpenSSL for
network encryption and X509 authentication. If you use Kerberos or
LDAP Proxy authentication, you must ensure that these external
mechanisms are FIPS-compliant. ``MONGODB-CR`` authentication is *not*
FIPS compliant.
network encryption, ``SCRAM-SHA-1`` authentication, and x.509
authentication. If you use Kerberos or LDAP authentication, you must
ensure that these external mechanisms are FIPS-compliant.
``MONGODB-CR`` authentication is **not** FIPS compliant.

Procedure
---------

Configure MongoDB to use TLS/SSL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

See :doc:`/tutorial/configure-ssl` for details about configuring OpenSSL.
See :doc:`/tutorial/configure-ssl` for details about configuring
OpenSSL. For FIPS mode, use FIPS-compliant algorithms and ensure that
the private key used to sign the certificate meets the PKCS#8 standard.

Run ``mongod`` or ``mongos`` instance in FIPS mode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Expand All @@ -88,10 +91,10 @@ Perform these steps after you :doc:`/tutorial/configure-ssl`.

.. include:: /includes/steps/fips-config.rst

Confirm FIPS mode is running
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Confirm that FIPS mode is running
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Check the server log file for a message FIPS is active:
Check the server log file for a message that FIPS is active:

.. code-block:: sh

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