elastic · eedugon · Oct 31, 2025 · Oct 30, 2025 · Oct 31, 2025 · Oct 31, 2025
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+FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) compliance is not officially supported in ECE. While ECE may function on FIPS-enabled systems, this configuration has not been validated through our testing processes and is not recommended for production environments.
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+::::{important}
+Make sure to use a supported combination of Linux distribution and container engine version as defined in our official [Support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Unsupported combinations can lead to various issues in your ECE environment, including failures when creating system deployments, upgrading workload deployments, proxy timeouts, and more.
+
+:::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-fips-message.md
+:::
+::::
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ Verify that required traffic is allowed. Check the [Networking prerequisites](ec
 
 **Example:** For AWS, allowing traffic between hosts is implemented using security groups.
 
-::::{important}
-Make sure to use a supported combination of Linux distribution and container engine version as defined in our official [Support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Unsupported combinations can lead to various issues in your ECE environment, including failures when creating system deployments, upgrading workload deployments, proxy timeouts, and more.
+::::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-supported-combinations.md
 ::::
 
 ## Install Podman and configure the host [ece-configure-hosts-rhel8-podman]

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ Regardless of which approach you take, the steps in this section need to be perf
 
 ## Install Docker on SLES [ece-install-docker-sles12]
 
-::::{important}
-Make sure to use a supported combination of Linux distribution and container engine version as defined in our official [Support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Unsupported combinations can lead to various issues in your ECE environment, including failures when creating system deployments, upgrading workload deployments, proxy timeouts, and more.
+::::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-supported-combinations.md
 ::::
 
 

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ The following instructions show you how to prepare your hosts on Ubuntu.
 
 Install a compatible Docker version on Ubuntu.
 
-::::{important}
-Make sure to use a supported combination of Linux distribution and container engine version as defined in our official [Support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Unsupported combinations can lead to various issues in your ECE environment, including failures when creating system deployments, upgrading workload deployments, proxy timeouts, and more.
+::::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-supported-combinations.md
 ::::
 
 

@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ Before installing {{ece}}, you have to prepare your hosts with one of the follow
 * [Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Rocky Linux](configure-host-rhel.md)
 * [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)](configure-host-suse.md)
 
-::::{important}
-Make sure to use a supported combination of Linux distribution and container engine version, such as `Docker` or `Podman`, as defined in our official [Support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Unsupported combinations can lead to various issues in your ECE environment, including failures when creating system deployments, upgrading workload deployments, proxy timeouts, and more.
-::::
+::::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-supported-combinations.md
+::::
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ To install ECE, make sure you prepare your environment with the following softwa
 * [Linux distributions with compatible Docker versions](#ece-linux-docker)
 * [Free RAM](#ece-free-ram)
 * [XFS](#ece-xfs)
+* [FIPS compliance](#ece-fips)
 
 
 ## Supported Linux kernel [ece-linux-kernel] 
@@ -81,3 +82,9 @@ You must use XFS and have quotas enabled on all allocators, otherwise disk usage
 ::::
 
 
+## FIPS compliance [ece-fips]
+
+:::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-fips-message.md
+:::
+
+For more information about FIPS compliance across the {{stack}}, refer to [](/deploy-manage/security/fips.md).
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ products:
 
 You can deploy {{ece}} (ECE) on public or private clouds, virtual machines, or on-premises.
 
+::::{tip}
+If you already have an ECE platform up and running, and you want to add hosts to your installation, refer to [](./install-ece-on-additional-hosts.md).
+::::
+
 In ECE, a host refers to any server, VM, or cloud instance where the ECE software is installed. An ECE platform consists of multiple hosts working together to orchestrate {{stack}} applications.
 
 For public cloud deployments, you can choose from the following providers:
@@ -25,10 +29,6 @@ For public cloud deployments, you can choose from the following providers:
 * Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 * Microsoft Azure
 
-::::{tip}
-If you already have an ECE platform up and running, and you want to add hosts to your installation, refer to [](./install-ece-on-additional-hosts.md).
-::::
-
 ::::{note}
 In these pages we frequently refer to [Docker](https://www.docker.com/), as its currently the most common container engine, but these instructions are generally valid for [Podman](https://podman.io/) as well, with `podman` replacing `docker` in commands as appropriate.
 ::::
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ Before you start, make sure to [identify your deployment scenario](identify-depl
 
 After completing the prerequisites, proceed to configure your ECE hosts. This includes installing Docker or Podman, setting up XFS quotas, preparing mount points, and other required configurations.
 
+::::{include} /deploy-manage/deploy/_snippets/ece-supported-combinations.md
+::::
+
 ECE supports a [wide range of OS versions](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#elastic-cloud-enterprise). Below are some OS-specific instructions for preparing your hosts, though other versions follow a similar process. Choose the appropriate guide for your operating system and follow the instructions:
 
 * [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)](configure-host-ubuntu.md)

@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, (FIPS PUB
 
 :::{note}
 If you are running {{es}} through {{eck}}, refer to [ECK FIPS compatibility](/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/deploy-fips-compatible-version-of-eck.md).
+
+FIPS compliance is not officially supported in {{ece}} (ECE). While ECE may function on FIPS-enabled systems, this configuration has not been validated through our testing processes and is not recommended for production environments.
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		FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) compliance is not officially supported in ECE. While ECE may function on FIPS-enabled systems, this configuration has not been validated through our testing processes and is not recommended for production environments.