Upgrading RHEL compute nodes in RHOCP4 stuck with error - "the server has asked for the client to provide credentials"

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Issue

  • While upgrading RHEL compute nodes in RHOCP4 using Ansible, the playbook fails with below error.
stderr": "E0420 11:51:29.438991  190279 memcache.go:265] couldn't get current server API group list: the server has asked for the client to provide credentials\nE0420 11:51:29.447616  190279 memcache.go:265] couldn't get current server API group list: the server has asked for the client to provide credentials\nE0420 11:51:29.458001  190279 memcache.go:265] couldn't get current server API group list: the server has asked for the client to provide credentials\nE0420 11:51:29.467343  190279 memcache.go:265] couldn't get current server API group list: the server has asked for the client to provide credentials\nE0420 11:51:29.477559  190279 memcache.go:265] couldn't get current server API group list: the server has asked for the client to provide credentials\nerror: You must be logged in to the server (the server has asked for the client to provide credentials)"

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4

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