Satellite 5 Certificate or Manifest activation fails with 'ERROR: RHN Entitlement Certificate cannot be imported - the versions of current and new certificate do not match'

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Issue

  • While upgrading Satellite 5.x server from a previous version, rhn-satellite-activate fails with the following error message:

ERROR: RHN Entitlement Certificate cannot be imported - the versions of current and new certificate do not match

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.x server just upgraded from older version

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