Created attachment 1413725 [details] Screenshot of systemd-journald failure during boot up. Description of problem: F27 Server doesn't boot up in FIPS mode. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-27-1.6.iso How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get the Server ISO from getfedora.org 2. Create a new VM and use the downloaded ISO as an installation source 3. Append fips=1 argument to the kernel arguments Actual results: Anaconda doesn't start. systemd-journald fails to start in a loop. Expected results: Anaconda starts and can install a new VM. Additional info: Installing the dracut-fips{,-aesni} RPMs, recreating the initramfs, and adding fips=1 and boot=<partition of /boot> kernel arguments on a physical machine fails to boot in the same manner.
Same with Fedora 28.
Any chance you could boot with a debug console enabled and logging to the kernel buffer (see https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Debugging/), and provide the actual error message ('journalctl -b' output should be enough)?
It appears that F29 boots with fips=1. Haven't gone back yet to test F28 or F27.
On F29 to invoke the system FIPS mode properly you need to use the fips-mode-setup --enable command.
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