Add FIPS environment variable
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Adds a FIPS environment variable that can be picked up by GitLab QA scenarios.
This will allow FIPS smoke test to run https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/distribution/reference-architecture-tester/-/merge_requests/58
The env variable is picked up by https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/qa/qa/support/fips.rb and used to determine in appropriate tests whether to use the API (non-FIPS) or Browser to fabricate https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/c605fc38a4e0e7911b68f1b8b1f8117447155c3e/qa/qa/resource/base.rb#L25
For context - token creation has been removed from FIPS/Fedramp builds (https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/97299), which means that API tokens cannot be used
Further context - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/377938
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FIPS_MODE=1 gdk restart
FIPS=1 CHROME_HEADLESS=false gitlab-qa Test::Instance::Any gitlab/gitlab-ee-qa:latest http://gdk.test:3000/ -- qa/specs/features/browser_ui/2_plan/issue/create_issue_spec.rb
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