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

Take the Minimus Nexus3-FIPS image for a test run:

docker run -d --name my-minimus-nexus3 \
  -p 8081:8081 \
  reg.mini.dev/nexus3-fips

Nexus can take a couple of minutes to finish starting up. Poll the status endpoint until it returns a successful response:

curl -i http://localhost:8081/service/rest/v1/status

By default, a fresh container starts with no prior state. Mount a volume to /nexus-data to keep your repositories, blobs, and configuration across restarts:

docker run -d --name my-minimus-nexus3 \
  -p 8081:8081 \
  -v nexus3-data:/nexus-data \
  reg.mini.dev/nexus3-fips

Retrieve the auto-generated initial admin password from the running container:

docker exec my-minimus-nexus3 cat /nexus-data/admin.password

Visit http://localhost:8081 in your browser and sign in as admin using the password from the previous command. On first login, Nexus walks you through a setup wizard to set a new password and configure anonymous access.

Once logged in, list the default repositories over the REST API using the password you set in the wizard:

curl -u admin:<your-new-password> http://localhost:8081/service/rest/v1/repositories

Nexus returns the built-in proxy, hosted, and group repositories as JSON:

[
  {
    "name": "maven-central",
    "format": "maven2",
    "type": "proxy",
    "url": "http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-central"
  },
  ...
]

Technical Considerations

The Nexus3-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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