Red Hat Satellite server update/upgrade failed with an error Unable to parse (/etc/foreman-installer/custom-hiera.yaml): could not find expected ':' while scanning a simple key.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The below error is reported when updating or upgrading the Red Hat Satellite 6 server.

    Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, Lookup of key 'lookup_options' failed: Unable to parse (/etc/foreman-installer/custom-hiera.yaml): could not find expected ':' while scanning a simple key at line 27 column 1 (line: 103, column: 41) on node satellite.example.com

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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