DNF update on Satellite client fails with MD_TYPE_PRIMARY has failed error.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • DNF update on a Red Hat Satellite client fails with the following error:

    Error: Loading repository 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms' has failed

Looking on keywords 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms' has failed and 'failure: loading of MD_TYPE_PRIMARY has failed.' did not have any fruitful results.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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