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

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