The installation of custom SSL certificate fails with error "unspecified certificate verification error" in Red Hat Satellite 6

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Issue

  • While new SSL certificates are being installed on the Red Hat Satellite Server, the satellite-installer command fails with following error:

    [ERROR 2021-04-16T11:03:17 main]  /Stage[main]/Foreman_proxy::Register/Foreman_smartproxy[satellite.example.com]: Could not evaluate: Exception SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed (unspecified certificate verification error) in get request to: https://satellite.example.com/api/v2/smart_proxies?search=name=%22satellite.example.com%22
    [ERROR 2021-04-16T11:03:17 main] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_resource/rest_v3.rb:89:in `rescue in request'
    [ERROR 2021-04-16T11:03:17 main] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_resource/rest_v3.rb:71:in `request'
    [ERROR 2021-04-16T11:03:17 main] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:6:in `proxy'
    [ERROR 2021-04-16T11:03:17 main] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:13:in `id'
    [ERROR 2021-04-16T11:03:17 main] /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman/lib/puppet/provider/foreman_smartproxy/rest_v3.rb:17:in `exists?'
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Capsule 6

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