hammer ping shows candlepin in FAIL status with error Message: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed (unable to get local issuer certificate) on Red Hat Satellite

Issue

• hammer ping fails with the below mentioned error:

  # hammer ping
  database:
      Status:          ok
      Server Response: Duration: 0ms
  katello_agent:
      Status:          ok
      message:         0 Processed, 0 Failed
      Server Response: Duration: 0ms
  candlepin:
      Status:          FAIL
      Server Response: Message: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: certificate verify failed (unable to get local issuer certificate)
  candlepin_auth:
      Status:          FAIL
      Server Response: Message: Katello::Errors::CandlepinNotRunning
  candlepin_events:
      Status:          FAIL
      message:         Not running
      Server Response: Duration: 1ms
  katello_events:
      Status:          ok
      message:         0 Processed, 0 Failed
      Server Response: Duration: 0ms
  pulp3:
      Status:          ok
      Server Response: Duration: 246ms
  pulp3_content:
      Status:          ok
      Server Response: Duration: 258ms
  foreman_tasks:
      Status:          ok
      Server Response: Duration: 3ms