FIPS 140-3 Certification

This image is FIPS-validated to ensure its cryptographic operations meet the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) required for secure government and regulated environments. Its core cryptographic modules are validated under the NIST Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) and comply with the FIPS 140-3 standard.

To verify that the FIPS 140-3 provider is configured and active, follow the instructions in the FIPS compliance tab.

Try It Out

For our test, we will use a multi-stage build using the Minimus .NET SDK and ASP.NET images to create a simple web app.

To begin, save the following two files to your project directory:

• dotnetapp.csproj is the project file for a sample .NET web application. Link to file
• Program.cs starts the web server for the sample .NET web application. Link to file

Next, in the same project directory, save the code below to a Dockerfile:

# -------- Build Stage --------
FROM reg.mini.dev/dotnet-sdk-fips:latest AS build

USER root
RUN mkdir -p /dotnetapp && chown -R 1000:1000 /dotnetapp

USER 1000
WORKDIR /dotnetapp

COPY --link --chown=1000:1000 ./dotnetapp.csproj .
COPY --link --chown=1000:1000 ./Program.cs .

RUN dotnet publish --no-self-contained -c Release -o /dotnetapp/dist

# -------- Runtime Stage --------
FROM reg.mini.dev/dotnet-aspnet-fips:latest

WORKDIR /dotnetapp

# Copy the published app from the build stage
COPY --from=build /dotnetapp/dist .

# Set the container’s entrypoint to run the web app
CMD ["dotnetapp.dll"]

Your project directory should now look like this:

project-root/
├── Dockerfile
├── dotnetapp.csproj
└── Program.cs

Note that the framework in the .csproj file should match the image version you are using. The default currently uses version 10 and framework net10.0.

Next, build and run your .NET web app. Note that the period . specifies the current directory as the build context:

docker build -t minimus-aspnet-app-fips .
docker run minimus-aspnet-app-fips

You should see a message such as:

info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[14]
      Now listening on: http://[::]:8080
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Hosting environment: Production
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Content root path: /dotnetapp

Technical Considerations

The ASP.NET Core Web App FIPS image provided by Minimus is a FIPS validated, slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image.

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