Katello installer failing with "invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII (ArgumentError)"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running the Katello installer ended with error.
# katello-installer --foreman-admin-username satellite_admin --foreman-admin-password xxxxxxxx
Installing             Info: RESOURCE Package[pulp-rpm-plugins]           [99%] [................................................................................................ ]/usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:350:in `puppet_parse': invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII (ArgumentError)
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:318:in `block (2 levels) in run_installation'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:317:in `each'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:317:in `block in run_installation'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:315:in `spawn'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:315:in `run_installation'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:109:in `execute'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/clamp-0.6.2/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/clamp-0.6.2/lib/clamp/command.rb:125:in `run'
        from /usr/share/gems/gems/kafo-0.6.4/lib/kafo/kafo_configure.rb:116:in `run'
        from /sbin/katello-installer:9:in `<main>'

Environment

  • Satellite 6.x

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