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

The Glibc-Dynamic-FIPS image can provide an OpenSSL module and runtime for Go-FIPS. In this example, we use the Minimus Glibc-Dynamic-FIPS image as a runtime for a simple web application built with Go-FIPS.

In a new project directory, save the code below to a new Dockerfile:

# Pull Go-FIPS image and set it as builder
FROM reg.mini.dev/go-fips AS builder

# Set CGO_ENABLED=1 to compile a dynamically linked binary
ENV CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64

# Copy the project directory content to app directory in the container
COPY . /app

# Compile Go application
RUN cd /app && go build -o Hello-Minimus-Web .

# Pull dynamic image to use as a runtime base
FROM reg.mini.dev/glibc-dynamic-fips:latest

# Copy Go binary from the /app directory in the builder container to /usr/bin/ in the final dynamic container
COPY --from=builder /app/Hello-Minimus-Web /usr/bin/

EXPOSE 8080

# Set entrypoint to run the binary when the container is started
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/Hello-Minimus-Web"]

A dynamic Go application means it is linked to database drivers or other C integrations. The CGO_ENABLED=1 flag in the Dockerfile is responsible for compiling the Go code using dynamically linked binaries.

Download the example file hello-minimus-web.go and save it to your project directory. This is a very simple script that creates a webpage with several tabs so you can navigate between them.

In your project directory, create a go.mod file. This file declares the modules and dependencies required by the project. In our case, the module set is only needed for testing purposes, so it's very simple.

module minimus.dev/hello_minimus

go 1.25

Your project directory should now look like this:

project-root/
├── Dockerfile
├── hello-minimus-web.go
└── go.mod

From your project directory, build your custom image. Note that the period . specifies the current directory as the build context:

docker build -t hello-go-web .

Run the final image we just created:

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 hello-go-web

Visit http://localhost:8080/ to see the default welcome page.

Technical Considerations

The Glibc-Dynamic-FIPS image provided by Minimus has no alternative in Docker Hub. It can be used as a minimal alternative for larger images that are used for both compiling the code and running it, for example Golang.

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