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FIPS Status Icons

While Palette VerteX brings FIPS 140-2 cryptographic modules to the Palette management platform and deployed clusters, it also provides the capability to consume features that are not FIPS compliant. For example, when the cluster import option is enabled, it allows users to import any type of Kubernetes cluster, including some that are not fully FIPS compliant. Similarly, when the option to add non-FIPS add-on packs is enabled, users can add packs in cluster profiles that are not FIPS compliant. For more information about these tenant-level settings, refer to Enable non-FIPS Settings.

To avoid confusion and compliance issues, Palette VerteX displays icons to indicate the FIPS compliance status of clusters, profiles, and packs.

The table lists icons used to indicate FIPS compliance status. The partial FIPS compliance icon applies only to clusters and profiles because these may contain packs with an Unknown or Not FIPS-compliant status.

IconDescriptionApplies to ClustersApplies to ProfilesApplies to Packs
Full FIPS complianceFull FIPS compliance. All packs in the cluster are FIPS-compliant.
Partial FIPS compliancePartial FIPS compliance. Some packs are FIPS compliant, but there is at least one that is not.
Not FIPS-compliantNot FIPS-compliant. None of the packs in the cluster are FIPS-compliant.
Unknown FIPS stateUnknown state of FIPS compliance. This applies to imported clusters that were not deployed by Palette.

The screenshots below show how Palette VerteX applies FIPS status icons.

When you create a profile, icons display next to packs.

Diagram showing FIPS status icons on profile page.


Icons appear next to each profile layer to indicate FIPS compliance.

Diagram showing FIPS-compliant icons in profile stack.


In this screenshot, Palette VerteX shows FIPS status for the cluster is partially compliant because one pack in the profile is not FIPS-compliant.

Diagram showing FIPS status icons on Cluster Overview page.