The fips_check module reports whether the OpenSSL that nginx is linked against runs in FIPS mode, and stops a worker that finds a different answer than the master did at startup. It has no directives: it writes one line when a cycle starts, so whoever has to show that a server runs in FIPS mode gets it from the process rather than from the configuration that was meant to arrange it. This port only installs the module sources. The module itself is built by the nginx ports when their FIPS_CHECK option is enabled.