Why does Importing entitlement certificates for offline registration fails with error "xxxxx.pem is not a valid certificate file. Please use a valid certificate."

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Issue

  • subscription-manager fails to import the entitlement certificate for offline registration:-

    # subscription-manager import --certificate=/tmp/redhat/69626b87-4a12-4220-9620-92e3b85f9ae1.pem
69626b87-4a12-4220-9620-92e3b85f9ae1.pem is not a valid certificate file. Please use a valid certificate.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Subscription Manager(RHSM)
  • Red Hat Customer Portal

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