Error activating Satellite certificate, "Error: Your satellite certificate signature is not valid."

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Error activating Satellite certificate on a FIPS Complaint environment:

~~~~
root@sat01:~# rhn-satellite-activate -vvv --rhn-cert=/root/satcert.cert
RHN_PARENT: satellite.rhn.redhat.com
HTTP_PROXY: None
HTTP_PROXY_USERNAME: None
HTTP_PROXY_PASSWORD:
CA_CERT: /usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT
Checking cert XML sanity and GPG signature: '/usr/bin/validate-sat-cert.pl --keyring /etc/webapp-keyring.gpg /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn-entitlement-cert.xml-3C4uV7'
RHN Management Satellite Entitlement Certificate failed to validate.
MORE INFORMATION:
Return value: 3
Standard-out: Error: Your satellite certificate signature is not valid. Please contact your support representative.

Standard-error: DBG: md_enable: algorithm 3 not available
gpg: Digest algorithm not available probably due to FIPS mode.

ERROR: RHN Entitlement Certificate failed to validate.
~~~

Environment

  • RHN Satellite

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