HTTP Requests for Global FIPS Compliance Operations

You can use HTTP requests to perform global FIPS compliance management operations.

The following HTTP requests show the syntax that you can use to perform the available user operations.

  • Get FIPS status
    GET https://<server>:443/api/appliance/system/global-fips
  • Manage FIPS status
    PUT https://<server>:443/api/appliance/system/global-fips
    You can enable the global FIPS compliance by using the following request body.
    {
        "enabled": true
    }
    You can disable the global FIPS compliance by using the following request body.
    {
        "enabled": false
    }
    After you change the global FIPS compliance, the vCenter Server system reboots to apply the change.