Red Hat Satellite 6 failed with error that "change from 'absent' to 'present' failed: Host satellite.example.com does not exist in Foreman"

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Issue

  • Receiving below error while performing an upgrade of the Red Hat Satellite 6.

    2022-07-13 10:25:54 [ERROR ] [configure] /Stage[main]/Foreman_proxy::Register/Foreman_smartproxy_host[foreman-proxy-satellite.example.com]/ensure: change from 'absent' to 'present' failed: Host satellite.example.com does not exist in Foreman at https://satellite.example.com/

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11

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