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Oct 21, 2013

FIPS Errors

Hi

 

I am seeing the following error being logged: iControlPortal.cgi[14845]: Checking for FIPS card.. FIPS open failed

 

The device itself does not have FIPS installed: root@(device01)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) fips-util No supported FIPS device found

 

How do I stop these errors from being generated?

 

4 Replies

  • are you using enterprise manager? if yes, it may be a bug but the bug id has not been created. you may open a case to confirm.

     

    in the meantime, you may exclude the log using custom syslog configuration.

     

    LTM 9.4.2+: Custom Syslog Configuration by Deb Allen

    https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/LTM-9-4-2-Custom-Syslog-Configuration

     

  • Hi Nitass - Do you know how to exclude this syslog message in v11:

    Would it be this? So it wouldn't get to 'err'

    tmsh modify syslog daemon-to warning

    Is there anyway to be specific on the service "iControlPortal.cgi"

    root@(F5-LB-ACTIVE)(cfg-sync In Sync)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list sys syslog sys syslog { auth-priv-from crit auth-priv-to crit cron-from crit cron-to crit daemon-from crit daemon-to crit kern-from crit kern-to crit local6-from crit local6-to crit mail-from crit mail-to crit messages-from crit messages-to crit remote-servers { remotesyslog1 { host x.x.x.x } } user-log-from crit user-log-to crit }

     daemon-from:  Specifies the lowest level of messages about daemon performance to include in the system log. The default value is notice.
    
  • Hi Nitass

     

    I ended up updating the syslog configuration by adding the following: Syslog Configuration Extract include " filter f_fips_remote_logs { level(warn..emerg) and not match(\"FIPS open failed\"); }; destination d_remote_loghost { udp(\"10.10.1.199\" port(514)); }; log { source(s_syslog_pipe); filter(f_fips_remote_logs); destination(d_remote_loghost); }; "

     

  • are you using enterprise manager? if yes, it may be a bug but the bug id has not been created. you may open a case to confirm.

     

    Bug 435044 - Do not log an error when F5KM checks for FIPS card.

     

    Is there anyway to be specific on the service "iControlPortal.cgi"

     

    i understand you have to filter it out similar to what Sulaiman did.