Missing File cert.pem When Registering Host to Satellite With Activation Key and CA Certificate Is Missing

Issue

Registering a content host to a Satellite server with the following 2 criteria:

1. the /etc/rhsm/ca/katello-server-ca.pem file is missing
2. the --activation flag is used with the subscription-manager command

Will result in an error message about the cert.pem file missing, and not about the missing CA certificate:

[root@host1 ~]# subscription-manager register --activationkey=rhel9 --org=Yoder
Error loading certificate: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/pki/consumer/cert.pem'