Red Hat Satellite 6 installation or upgrade fails with the error "invalid address (IPAddr::InvalidAddressError)"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While installing or upgrading the Red Hat Satellite 6, it fails with the following error:

    Procedures::Installer::Upgrade: 
    /usr/share/ruby/ipaddr.rb:559:in `in6_addr': invalid address (IPAddr::InvalidAddressError)
        from /usr/share/ruby/ipaddr.rb:496:in `initialize'
        from /usr/share/katello-installer-base/checks/dns.rb:22:in `new'
        from /usr/share/katello-installer-base/checks/dns.rb:22:in `block in <main>'
        from /usr/share/katello-installer-base/checks/dns.rb:21:in `each'
        from /usr/share/katello-installer-base/checks/dns.rb:21:in `<main>'
    Your system does not meet configuration criteria
                                                                      [FAIL]
    Failed executing satellite-installer --upgrade, exit status 20
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Capsule 6

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