Red Hat Satellite 6 upgrade fails with error 'digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for FIPS:crypto/evp/digest.c:135'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The Satellite installer command or the upgrade fails with the below error.
2023-12-01 09:30:00 [ERROR ] [configure] /Stage[main]/Certs::Candlepin/Certs::Keypair[katello-default-ca]/Private_key[/etc/candlepin/certs/candlepin-ca.key]: Could not evaluate: Execution of '/bin/openssl rsa -in /root/ssl-build/katello-default-ca.key -passin file:/etc/pki/katello/private/katello-default-ca.pwd -text' returned 1: unable to load Private Key
2023-12-01 09:30:00 [ERROR ] [configure] 140372968253248:error:060800C8:digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for FIPS:crypto/evp/digest.c:135:

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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