Red Hat Satellite v 5.x installation fails with error "Error parsing satellite cert: :1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found"

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Issue

  • Red Hat Satellite v 5.6 installation fails while activating satellite certificate. 
Unable to successfully set up Satellite Server.
* Setting up users and groups.
** GPG: Initializing GPG and importing key.
* Performing initial configuration.
* Activating Red Hat Satellite.
** Loading Red Hat Satellite Certificate.
** Verifying certificate locally.
Error parsing satellite cert: :1: parser error : Start tag expected, '<' not found

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite v 5.6
  • Installation

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