# ElasticSearch 7.17 FIPS (BouncyCastle)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-fips-bouncycastle/355499>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-fips-bouncycastle/355499 "2024-03-15T14:41:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siva\_Karan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/siva_karan/32/54688_2.png) [@Siva\_Karan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siva_Karan)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-fips-bouncycastle/355499/1 "2024-03-15T14:41:39Z")

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Hi Team,

I need to FIPS enable for our Elasticsearch. may i know the clear steps to enable the FIPS for the Elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-fips-bouncycastle/355499/2 "2024-03-18T05:17:45Z")

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You will probably need to engage a specialist FIPS consultant for this.

If you really need FIPS, then you need the whole stack (OS, JVM, ES) it to be configured correctly and that's a much more complex task than can be covered here.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-17-fips-bouncycastle/355499/3 "2024-04-15T05:18:06Z")

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