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Installation Guide
Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
Federal Information Processing Standards
Disable FIPS mode
Do this procedure to disable Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode.

Guardian
- Introduction
  An overview of Guardian.
- Installation Guide
  Information and resources on how to install Guardian, and the different options and settings that are available.
  - Introduction
  - Physical installation
  - Virtual installation
  - Container installation
  - Basic configuration
  - Additional settings
  - Compatibility Reference
  - Federal Information Processing Standards
    - Federal Information Processing Standards
      A description of the use of Federal Information Processing Standards in the Nozomi Networks software.
    - FIPS mode status
      When running in Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode, the sensor adds a FIPS indicator after the version string.
    - Enable FIPS mode
      It is important that you follow this procedure to make sure that you enable Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode correctly.
    - Disable FIPS mode
      Do this procedure to disable Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode.
- Administrator Guide
  Information and resources about the Administration section of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do in this part of the software.
- User Guide
  Information and resources about the main features of Guardian, and the tasks that you can do from the user interface (UI).
- Maintenance Guide
  Information about the maintenance tasks of Guardian, to help you administer and maintain the solution in a production environment.
- Print format documentation
  A list of all the print-format documentation that is available for Guardian.

Disable FIPS mode

Do this procedure to disable Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode.

When you switch to Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) mode, local user Web user interface (UI) passwords become invalid. You can use the n2os-passwd command to reset the passwords.

Log into the console, either directly or through secure shell (SSH).
To go to privileged mode, enter this command:
```
enable-me
```
You can now perform system changes.
To disable FIPS mode, enter the command:
```
n2os-fips-disable
```
Reboot the system, or restart the container, to apply the changes.