[ubuntu24.04][FIPS] disable FIPS enforcement temporarily when enabling pro mode #418
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…g pro mode Signed-off-by: Tariq Ibrahim <[email protected]>
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When running
pro attachon an Ubuntu 24.04 container, we are faced with a strange "chicken & egg" problem as the pro client attempts to use openssl + fips when it detects that the underlying kernel is fips_enabled, however, the FIPS packages are only available after the pro client enables APT repo access to the FIPS packages.To work around this problem, we explicitly set the env var
OPENSSL_FORCE_FIPS_MODE=0to unblock the pro client calls. After successful enablement of FIPS mode, we download the OpenSSL FIPS module and unset theOPENSSL_FORCE_FIPS_MODEenv var