Syncing a custom puppet repository using 'file:///path' URL method results in an error "PLP0000: Update failed (not okForStorage)"

Issue

• Error "PLP0000: Update failed (not okForStorage)", when trying to sync a custom puppet repository into satellite using a
  URL location of "file:///path/to/repo"

  Katello::Errors::PulpError
  PLP0000: Update failed (not okForStorage) 

• Below is the extract from the dynflow console and the pulp backtrace shows:

3: Actions::Pulp::Repository::Sync (skipped) [ 4.32s / 0.79s ]

• Uploading a module manually works for fresh repository, it fails after attempting to sync a file repository