CEPH upgrade failed with error "admin user already exists"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When upgrading CEPH cluster from version 4.2z2 to 4.2z4, playbook rolling_update.yml failed on task create dashboard admin user with the error message:

    stderr: 'Error EEXIST: User ''admin'' already exists'
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2z2
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4.2z4

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