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://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>:443/api/appliance/system/global-fips

• Manage FIPS status

  PUT https://<vcenter_ip_address_or_fqdn>:443/api/appliance/system/global-fips

  You can enable the global FIPS compliance by using the following request body.

  {
      "enabled": true
  }

  You can deactivate 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.