1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ipapython/ipautil.py b/ipapython/ipautil.py
index 34e05d366..c7e20c510 100644
--- a/ipapython/ipautil.py
+++ b/ipapython/ipautil.py
@@ -1428,3 +1428,22 @@ if six.PY2:
                 type(value).__name__))
 else:
     fsdecode = os.fsdecode  #pylint: disable=no-member
+
+
+def is_fips_enabled():
+    """
+    Checks whether this host is FIPS-enabled.
+
+    Returns a boolean indicating if the host is FIPS-enabled, i.e. if the
+    file /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled contains a non-0 value. Otherwise,
+    or if the file /proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled does not exist,
+    the function returns False.
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(paths.PROC_FIPS_ENABLED, 'r') as f:
+            if f.read().strip() != '0':
+                return True
+    except IOError:
+        # Consider that the host is not fips-enabled if the file does not exist
+        pass
+    return False