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

To take the Minimus Gitea-FIPS image for a test run, we will use Docker Compose to create a self-hosted Gitea instance backed by PostgreSQL.

Save the following code to a new file gitea-fips-compose.yaml in your project directory:

services:
  server:
    image: reg.mini.dev/gitea-fips
    environment:
      - USER_UID=1000
      - USER_GID=1000
      - GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres
      - GITEA__database__HOST=db:5432
      - GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
      - GITEA__database__USER=gitea
      - GITEA__database__PASSWD=MinimusSecure!!
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - gitea_data:/data
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
      - "222:22"
    depends_on:
      - db

  db:
    image: reg.mini.dev/postgres-fips
    restart: always
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=gitea
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=MinimusSecure!!
      - POSTGRES_DB=gitea
    volumes:
      - gitea_db_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

volumes:
  gitea_data:
  gitea_db_data:

Run the app:

docker compose -f gitea-fips-compose.yaml up -d

Wait a few seconds for PostgreSQL and Gitea to initialize.

Visit http://localhost:3000 and follow the installation wizard. The database fields will already be pre-filled from the environment variables set in gitea-fips-compose.yaml.

Once ready to clean up, run the following command to remove the containers and their associated volumes:

docker compose -f gitea-fips-compose.yaml down -v

Technical Considerations

The Gitea-FIPS image provided by Minimus is a FIPS-validated, slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image.

A hardened, minimal image that will remain more secure for the long run and accrue vulnerabilities at a slower rate.

• See the risk reduction dashboard for a detailed CVE comparison over the past 30 days.
• Review the compliance report to see the default hardening and security configurations for the image.

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