"hammer ping" command on the Satellite Server fails with the following error - Could not load the API description from the server: Server broke connection - is the server down?

Issue

• Why does the hammer ping command fail with the following error on Red Hat Satellite -

  # hammer ping
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_ansible.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_bootdisk.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_openscap.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_remote_execution.
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_tasks.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_templates.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_virt_who_configure.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_foreman_webhooks.
  Could not load the API description from the server:
  Server broke connection
  - is the server down?
  - was 'foreman-rake apipie:cache' run on the server when using apipie cache? (typical production settings)
  Warning: An error occured while loading module hammer_cli_katello.
  Error: No such sub-command 'ping'.
  See: 'hammer --help'.