Satellite 6 installation fails with error: Unable to detect features ([Errno::ECONNREFUSED]: Failed to open TCP connection to satellite.example.com:9090)

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Issue

  • Satellite installer fails with an error during Capsule (foreman-proxy) registration. The installer reports:

    Error making POST request to Foreman at https://satellite.example.com/api/v2/smart_proxies:
Unable to communicate with the Capsule: ERF12-2530 [ProxyAPI::ProxyException]:
Unable to detect features ([Errno::ECONNREFUSED]: Failed to open TCP connection to satellite.example.com:9090 (Connection refused))

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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