# FIPS compliant Ansible installation

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/fips-compliant-ansible-installation/31783>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fips-compliant-ansible-installation/31783 "2019-12-06T19:35:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Austin\_Wolfson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Austin\_Wolfson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Austin_Wolfson)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fips-compliant-ansible-installation/31783/1 "2019-12-06T19:35:31Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I’m attempting to deploy code with ansible CLI on a fully FIPS compliant environment. I know that AWX supports FIPS compliance, but I’m having trouble finding any documentation on whether ansible CLI natively does or not. If it doesn’t, has someone else run into this issue and have any documentation around this? Here is the only real documentation I have found after a few hours of google searching:

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/installandreference/install\_notes\_reqs.html#installing-tower-on-systems-with-fips-mode-enabled](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/installandreference/install_notes_reqs.html#installing-tower-on-systems-with-fips-mode-enabled)

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks  
Austin

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fips-compliant-ansible-installation/31783/2 "2019-12-06T19:39:59Z")

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Ansible, and the core modules should all support FIPS. However I am unaware of any documentation that actually states this.

The best way to see if something works is to just try it and see.

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**Author:** ![rippfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rippfx](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rippfx)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/fips-compliant-ansible-installation/31783/3 "2020-09-11T18:42:28Z")

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Hi, I also have the same question about the Ansible CLI being FIPS compliant. Have you had any success finding out if it is?