Red Hat Satellite 6 Upgrade Fails with error "rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method `first' for nil:NilClass"

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Issue

  • Satellite upgrade fails with error `rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method 'first' for nil:NilClass
  • Observed following traceback in the foreman-installer log

    • On Satellite 6.2

      Upgrade Step: db_seed...
      rake aborted!
      NoMethodError: undefined method `first' for nil:NilClass
      /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.rb:25:in `block (2 levels) in audit_modified?'
      /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.rb:23:in `each'
      /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.rb:23:in `all?'
      /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.rb:23:in `block in audit_modified?'
      /opt/rh/rh-ror41/root/usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-4.1.5/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb:238:in `block in select'
      /opt/rh/rh-ror41/root/usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-4.1.5/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb:238:in `select'
      /opt/rh/rh-ror41/root/usr/share/gems/gems/activerecord-4.1.5/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb:238:in `select'
      /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.rb:22:in `audit_modified?'
      
    • On Satellite 6.3

      Seeding /opt/theforeman/tfm/root/usr/share/gems/gems/katello-3.4.5.64.2/db/seeds.d/108-subcription-bookmarks.rb 
      Seeding /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.d/11-smart_proxy_features.rb Seeding /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.d/13-compute_profiles.rb
      Seeding /usr/share/foreman/db/seeds.d/15-bookmarks.rb 
      rake aborted! 
      NoMethodError: undefined method `first' for nil:NilClass 
      /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:32:in `block (2 levels) in interesting_audits' 
      /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:30:in `each' 
      /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:30:in `all?' 
      /usr/share/foreman/lib/seed_helper.rb:30:in `block in interesting_audits'
      

Environment

  • RedHat Satellite 6.2.12
  • RedHat Satellite 6.3.0

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