Red Hat Satellite 6 upgrade failing with error Could not evaluate: Execution of

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6.x

Issue

• Red Hat Satellite 6 upgrade failing with error:

[ INFO 2020-05-08T10:17:25 main] All hooks in group post finished
[DEBUG 2020-05-08T10:17:25 main] Exit with status code: 6 (signal was 6)
[ERROR 2020-05-08T10:17:25 main] Errors encountered during run:
[ERROR 2020-05-08T10:17:25 main]  /Stage[main]/Certs::Ca/Privkey[/etc/pki/katello/private/katello-default-ca.key]: Could not evaluate: Execution of '/bin/openssl rsa -in /root/ssl-build/katello-default-ca.key -out /root/ssl-build/katello-default-ca.key.tmp -passin file:/etc/pki/katello/private/katello-default-ca.pwd' returned 1: unable to load Private Key
[ERROR 2020-05-08T10:17:25 main] 47737627051152:error:060800A3:digital envelope routines:EVP_DigestInit_ex:disabled for fips:digest.c:256:

Resolution

• Make sure Red Hat Satellite 6.x was installed on a FIPS enabled System.
• Check and verify FIPS was not enabled after the installation of Red Hat Satellite 6.x.

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

• FIPS was enabled after Red Hat Satellite 6.x was installed.
• The supported method requires FIPS to be enabled on a fresh RHEL system before installing Red Hat Satellite 6.x

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