The host registration in Red Hat Satellite 6 fails with an SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] or [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE]

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Issue

  • The Content Host registration process encounters an error and fails.

    # subscription-manager register --org="org" --activationkey="key" 
    
    2019-08-05 14:33:34,315 [ERROR] subscription-manager:29125:MainThread @hwprobe.py:649 - Error during resolving IPv6 address of hostname: host.example.com, [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname
    2019-08-05 14:33:34,333 [ERROR] subscription-manager:29125:MainThread @managercli.py:181 - Error during registration: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)
    2019-08-05 14:33:34,334 [ERROR] subscription-manager:29125:MainThread @managercli.py:182 - [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)
    
    SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)
    Unable to verify server's identity: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)
    

    OR

    # subscription-manager identity
    Unable to verify server's identity:
    [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:2354)
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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