After leapp upgrade to RHEL 8.6 and reboot, the satellite-installer execution fails to start postgresql service in Red Hat Satellite 6.11

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Issue

  • After upgrading the OS from RHEL 7.9 to RHEL 8.6 using leapp and reboot of the server, the leapp_resume activity fails at the backend to complete the satellite-installer execution.

    Jul 14 14:05:28 satellite611 leapp3[7612]: ==> Processing phase `FirstBoot`
    Jul 14 14:05:28 satellite611 leapp3[7612]: ====> * satellite_upgrader
    Jul 14 14:05:28 satellite611 leapp3[7612]:        Execute installer in the freshly booted system, to finalize Satellite configuration
    Jul 14 14:07:44 satellite611 leapp3[8122]: 2022-07-14 14:07:44.163 ERROR    PID: 8122 leapp.workflow.FirstBoot.satellite_upgrader: Could not run the installer, please inspect the logs in /var/log/foreman-installer!
    
  • None of the services related to satellite were found to be properly running and the postgresql service is in a failed state.

    * postgresql.service - PostgreSQL database server
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/postgresql.service.d
           `-postgresql.conf
      Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2022-07-14 14:06:57 CDT; 14min ago
    
    Jul 14 14:06:57 satellite611.example.com systemd[1]: Starting PostgreSQL database server...
    Jul 14 14:06:57 satellite611.example.com systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
    Jul 14 14:06:57 satellite611.example.com systemd[1]: postgresql.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Jul 14 14:06:57 satellite611.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start PostgreSQL database server.   
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.11
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6

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