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[ibmcloud] install with fips failed at bootstrap on IBM Cloud VPC install

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      Description of problem:

      install with FIPS on IBMCloud VPC bootstrap failed, fail to get the bootstrap.ign  

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

      4.21.0-0.nightly-2026-02-01-092627     

      How reproducible:

      Always    

      Steps to Reproduce:

          1. IPI install cluster with "fips: true"
      fips: true
      baseDomain: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
      credentialsMode: Manual
      platform:
        ibmcloud:
          region: jp-tok
      controlPlane:
        name: master
        platform:
          ibmcloud:
            type: 
            zones: [ jp-tok-1, jp-tok-2, jp-tok-3 ]
        replicas: 3
      compute:
      - name: worker
        platform:
          ibmcloud:
            type: bx2-4x16
            zones: [ jp-tok-1, jp-tok-2, jp-tok-3 ]
        replicas: 3
          

      Actual results:

      bootstrap vm fail to be access, checked on the vm console
      FIPS 140-3 requires use of Extended Master Secret 
      in the bootstrap VM serial console:
      ignition[861]: GET https://s3.direct.us-east.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud/ci-op-v1z7s4kg-02cc8-pdx6h-bootstrap-ignition/bootstrap.ign: attempt #654

      Expected results:

      install succeed.    

      Additional info:

      1. just failed at 4.21 (4.20 and 4.22 no problem) 4.21 last pass is 4.21.0-0.nightly-2026-01-04-010945 , 4.21.0-rc.1
      2. checked the cos instance *bootstrap-ignition, contains the bootstrap.ign

              zszepesi Zoltan Szepesi
              maxu@redhat.com May Xu
              May Xu May Xu
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