[Satellite 6] Provisioning a new host fails with "undefined method `path' for nil:NilClass" error

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Provisioning a discovered host from Red Hat Satellite 6 fails with following error message,
[W] Fetch TFTP boot files for client.example.com task failed with the following error: undefined method `path' for nil:NilClass

Other scenario is provisioning a new host or clicking Build button errors out with:

 Failure parsing template-name: undefined method `path' for nil:NilClass.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite v 6

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