An unknown error occurred: HTTPSConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cert_file' when running ansible tasks from a RHEL 9 system.

Issue

• Unable to execute certain ansible playbooks on systems having Python 3.12 as the default python version.

• Any ansible tasks based on get_url or uri etc modules fail with the following error:

  FAILED! => {"changed": false, "dest": "/tmp/lsagent.run", "elapsed": 0, "msg": "An unknown error occurred: HTTPSConnection._init_() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cert_file'", "url": "https://cdn.lansweeper.com/download/10.4.2/1/LsAgent-linux.run"}
  

• Red Hat Satellite and Capsule 6.16 running on RHEL 9.x, fails to execute the job on some target systems in a similar way:

  TASK [cit-sysconfig-rhel : Download the LSAgent] ***
  fatal: [satellite616]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "dest": "/tmp/lsagent.run", "elapsed": 0, "msg": "An unknown error occurred: HTTPSConnection.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'cert_file'", "url": "https://cdn.lansweeper.com/download/10.4.2/1/LsAgent-linux.run"}
  PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
  satellite616          : ok=40   changed=8    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=3    rescued=0    ignored=0
  Exit status: 2
  StandardError: Job execution failed
  

  • The affected target RHEL systems have Python 3.12 enabled as their default python version.