[Satellite 6] Provisioning fails with error "curl: (6) Could not resolve host: satellite.example.com: Unknown error"

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Issue

  • Provisioning a host through Red Hat Satellite fails with something like:

    dracut-initqueue[595]: Warning: failed to fetch kickstart from http://satellite.example.com:8000/unattended/provision?token=aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaa
    
  • Hitting the below error while provisioning a host from the Satellite/Capsule server:

    curl: (6) Could not resolve host: satellite.example.com: Unknown error
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite or Capsule 6.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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