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AWS storagegateway: Add FIPS support to activation key retrieval

Service: storagegateway · 2026-08-19 · Documentation medium

File: storagegateway/latest/tgw/get-activation-key.md · Type: encryption

Summary

Updated VPC endpoint examples to include FIPS variants and added curl commands for FIPS-enabled endpoints.

Security assessment

Extends activation key documentation to support FIPS endpoints, ensuring cryptographic compliance during setup.

Evidence

curl "http://gateway_ip_address/?activationRegion=region_code&vpcEndpoint=vpc_endpoint&endpointType=FIPS&ipVersion=ipv4&no_redirect"

Diff

diff --git a/storagegateway/latest/tgw/get-activation-key.md b/storagegateway/latest/tgw/get-activation-key.md
index b2e1e5343..d340ee0ad 100644
--- a//storagegateway/latest/tgw/get-activation-key.md
+++ b//storagegateway/latest/tgw/get-activation-key.md
@@ -52 +52 @@ Replace the highlighted variables with actual values for your gateway. Acceptabl
-  * `vpc_endpoint` \- The VPC endpoint name for your gateway, for example `vpce-050f90485f28f2fd0-iep0e8vq.storagegateway.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com`.
+  * `vpc_endpoint` \- The VPC endpoint name for your gateway, for example `vpce-050f90485f28f2fd0-iep0e8vq.storagegateway.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com`, or `vpce-050f90485f28f2fd0-iep0e8vq.storagegateway-fips.us-west-2.vpce.amazonaws.com` in Regions with FIPS availability.
@@ -98,0 +99,14 @@ To get the activation key for a VPC endpoint:
+###### VPC endpoints with FIPS
+
+Use the following commands to get the activation key for a FIPS-enabled VPC endpoint.
+
+Use the following command for IPv4:
+    
+    
+    curl "http://gateway_ip_address/?activationRegion=region_code&vpcEndpoint=vpc_endpoint&endpointType=FIPS&ipVersion=ipv4&no_redirect"
+
+Use the following command for IPv6:
+    
+    
+    curl "http://gateway_ip_address/?activationRegion=region_code&vpcEndpoint=vpc_endpoint&endpointType=FIPS&ipVersion=ipv6&no_redirect"
+