Satellite Installer fails with too many arguements.

Environment

• Satellite 6.x

Issue

• Satellite installer fails with too many arguments.

# satellite-installer --scenario satellite –-upgrade
ERROR: too many arguments

[root@sat6 ~]# satellite-installer \
> --foreman-proxy-trusted-hosts "sat.example.com"\
> --foreman-proxy-content-parent-fqdn "sat.example.com"
ERROR: too many arguments

Resolution

• The command should look like this:

# satellite-installer --scenario satellite --upgrade  

• There should be space between parameter value and "" in the command.

• Please note the "--" symbol before the word upgrade.

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Installation/Upgrade/Update Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Installation/Upgrade/Update Issues.

Root Cause

• Syntax/Typo error while passing the arguments.

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