# AWX installation fails on FIPS enabled k8s cluster system

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx, kubernetes\
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746 "2023-03-09T09:53:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![prabhu\_sridhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@prabhu\_sridhar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/prabhu_sridhar)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/1 "2023-03-09T09:53:42Z")

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HI

AWX operator :1.2.0

k8s version: v1.25.6

AWX installation fails on FIPS enabled k8s cluster system.

logs:  
TASK [Update admin password status] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “error”: “[digital envelope routines: EVP\_DigestInit\_ex] disabled for FIPS”, “msg”: “Failed to get client due to %s”}

Any one faced similar issue? pls advise.

Regards  
Prabhu

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**Author:** ![prabhu\_sridhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@prabhu\_sridhar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/prabhu_sridhar)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/2 "2023-03-10T09:28:33Z")

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Hi

After updating the operator from V1.2.0 to V1.3.0 seeing following error.

TASK [Apply deployment resources] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin ‘template’. Error was a \<class ‘ValueError’\>, original message: [digital envelope routines: EVP\_DigestInit\_ex] disabled for FIPS”}

what is FQCN for the lookup plugin template? wanted to adjust the plays with FQCN and see if it works…

Regards  
Prabhu

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**Author:** ![kurokobo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kurokobo1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurokobo1)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/3 "2023-03-10T11:29:22Z")

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Hi,

Your issue is already addressed and will be fixed in the next release.  
[https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/pull/1260](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/pull/1260)

It’s not FQCN-related issue but “md5” is used in the playbook.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Walter\_Rowe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/walter_rowe/32/4506_2.png) [@Walter\_Rowe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Walter_Rowe)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/4 "2023-03-10T12:36:08Z")

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Have you confirmed SHA1 is still acceptable in FIPS? I think not.

[https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/hash-functions](https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/hash-functions)

Walter

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**Author:** ![prabhu\_sridhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@prabhu\_sridhar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/prabhu_sridhar)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/5 "2023-04-20T13:58:54Z")

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Hi

Thanks for the reply…

I tried to install v22.0.0 and v22.1.0 , however installation is failing with following errors.

**fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“msg”: “An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin ‘template’. Error was a \<class ‘ValueError’\>, original message: [digital envelope routines: EVP\_DigestInit\_ex] disabled for FIPS”}**

Regards  
Prabho

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**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/6 "2023-04-26T18:36:27Z")

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Hi Prabho, do you mind opening an awx-operator github issue for this? seems like a legitimate bug

AWX Team

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**Author:** ![prabhu\_sridhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@prabhu\_sridhar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/prabhu_sridhar)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-on-fips-enabled-k8s-cluster-system/37746/7 "2023-04-27T14:18:38Z")

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Hi

Thanks for the reply

I have logged in github issue.  
AWX installation not successful on FIPS enabled systems #1381

Regard  
Prabhu