[EKS] [request]: Support FIPS 140-2 for EKS Fargate
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**Tell us about your request**
What do you want us to build? Support FIPS 140-2 Compliance for ECS Fargate
**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS
**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
There is a customer demands where using EKS Fargate with enabling FIPS 140-2 Compliance on GovCloud region together, like ECS Fargate supports : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ecs-fips-compliance.html. Currently only EKS with EC2 would support FIPS 140-2, and would be great if AWS GovCloud users have more options to choose for AWS managed container service
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Research direction
Start by reading the linked ECS Fargate FIPS 140-2 documentation and comparing it with the issue's stated EKS and GovCloud requirements. This is a roadmap request with no repository file, test, or entry point named; done would require AWS to define and announce FIPS 140-2 support for EKS Fargate.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, kubernetes
- Domain
- cloud, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100