The qpidd service fails to start with message "ncat: invalid option -- 'z'" on Red Hat Satellite 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The qpidd service is in the failed state.

    * qpidd.service - An AMQP message broker daemon.
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/qpidd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/qpidd.service.d
              `-wait-for-port.conf
      Active: failed (Result: timeout) since Wed 2020-08-19 11:12:01 EDT; 1h 21min ago
        Docs: man:qpidd(1)
              http://qpid.apache.org/
     Process: 6536 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/qpidd --config /etc/qpid/qpidd.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Main PID: 6536 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    
    Aug 19 11:11:57 satellite bash[6537]: ncat: invalid option -- 'z'
    Aug 19 11:11:57 satellite bash[6537]: Ncat: Try `--help' or man(1) ncat for more information, usage options and help. QUITTING.
    Aug 19 11:11:58 satellite bash[6537]: ncat: invalid option -- 'z'
    Aug 19 11:11:58 satellite bash[6537]: Ncat: Try `--help' or man(1) ncat for more information, usage options and help. QUITTING.
    Aug 19 11:11:59 satellite bash[6537]: ncat: invalid option -- 'z'
    Aug 19 11:11:59 satellite bash[6537]: Ncat: Try `--help' or man(1) ncat for more information, usage options and help. QUITTING.
    Aug 19 11:12:00 satellite systemd[1]: qpidd.service start-post operation timed out. Stopping.
    Aug 19 11:12:01 satellite systemd[1]: Failed to start An AMQP message broker daemon..
    Aug 19 11:12:01 satellite systemd[1]: Unit qpidd.service entered failed state.
    Aug 19 11:12:01 satellite systemd[1]: qpidd.service failed.
    
  • The pulp_celerybeat and pulp_resource_manager services are also in the failed state because of qpidd and candlepin went into a suspended state.

  • The hosts connected to the satellite server are receiving the following error message:

    HTTP error (503 - Service Unavailable): Candlepin is in Suspend mode, please check /status resource to get more details
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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