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 a quick test, print the help menu:

docker run --rm \
reg.mini.dev/velero-fips --help

• A running Kubernetes cluster (v1.21 or higher is recommended)
• Helm v3.8 or higher for OCI support (Installation instructions)
• kubectl installed and configured

If you have a cluster to work with, skip this step. Otherwise, start a Minikube cluster. Deployment instructions

Add the Helm chart to your local Helm client.

helm repo add vmware-tanzu https://vmware-tanzu.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update

Refer to the official Velero documentation for guidance on configuring Velero for your cloud provider.

To deploy the chart with the Minimus image on a test namespace, add your provider configurations to the following command:

helm install velero vmware-tanzu/velero \
  --namespace velero-ns \
  --create-namespace \
  --set image.repository=reg.mini.dev/velero-fips \
  --set image.tag=latest

For example, to deploy in AWS with MinIO:

helm install velero vmware-tanzu/velero \
  --namespace velero-ns \
  --create-namespace \
  --set image.repository=reg.mini.dev/velero-fips \
  --set image.tag=latest \
  --include-crds \
  --set initContainers[0].name=velero-plugin-for-aws \
  --set initContainers[0].image="velero/velero-plugin-for-aws:{AWS_PLUGIN_TAG} \
  --set initContainers[0].imagePullPolicy=IfNotPresent \
  --set initContainers[0].volumeMounts[0].mountPath=/target \
  --set initContainers[0].volumeMounts[0].name=plugins \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].name=default \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].provider=aws \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].bucket={BUCKET_NAME} \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].default=true \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].config.region=minio \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].config.s3ForcePathStyle=true \
  --set configuration.backupStorageLocation[0].config.s3Url=http://minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000 \
  --set configuration.volumeSnapshotLocation[0].name=default \
  --set configuration.volumeSnapshotLocation[0].provider=aws \
  --set configuration.volumeSnapshotLocation[0].config.region=minio \
  --set-file credentials.secretContents.cloud={DIR/to/credentials/for/velero} \
  --set credentials.useSecret=true \
  --set upgradeCRDs=false \
  --set deployNodeAgent=false 

Wait a minute and check that the Pods are up and running:

kubectl -n velero-ns get po

Verify that the chart deployed the expected Minimus image:

kubectl -n velero-ns describe deploy velero | grep Image:

Uninstall the chart to delete the namespace and its resources, including Pods, Deployments, Services, Secrets, ConfigMaps, etc.:

helm uninstall velero -n velero-ns

Technical Considerations

The Velero-FIPS image provided by Minimus is a FIPS-validated, slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image. The images are largely interchangeable, with a few differences as noted below.

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