Provisioning RHEL10.1 Host from Satellite fails on "dnf install" error

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6 (any version)
  • provisioning RHEL10.1 (RHEL10.0 works fine)

Issue

• Provisioning a RHEL10.1 system from Satellite
• using either kickstart Provisioning Template (e.g. "Kickstart default")
• the provisioning fails on dnf update or dnf install command
• packages themselves seem to be installed/updated properly, but dnf produces a traceback afterwards

Resolution

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As a workaround, modify Provisioning Templates that use dnf commands by adding there --noplugin option.

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

Root Cause

Uploading package profile after RPM transaction completes has been moved to rhsmcertd service. When this service is stopped (e.g. during kickstart when the system is not yet even booted), an attempt to contact the service fails with an Content from github.com is not included.uncaught exception.

Adding --noplugin option to the failing dnf commands will disable the DNF plugin responsible for uploading the package profile, hence skipping the problematic call flow.

Diagnostic Steps

Provisioning fails on:

..
Installed products updated.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf-plugins/subscription-manager.py", line 297, in _upload_profile
    with open("/var/lock/subsys/rhsmcertd", "r") as lock_file:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lock/subsys/rhsmcertd'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf/plugin.py", line 108, in _caller
    getattr(plugin, method)()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf-plugins/subscription-manager.py", line 270, in transaction
    self._upload_profile()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf-plugins/subscription-manager.py", line 301, in _upload_profile
    self._upload_profile_blocking()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf-plugins/subscription-manager.py", line 279, in _upload_profile_blocking
    with LiveStatusMessage("Uploading DNF profile"):
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dnf-plugins/subscription-manager.py", line 283, in _upload_profile_blocking
    profile_mgr.update_check(self.cp, identity.uuid)
                             ^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'SubscriptionManager' object has no attribute 'cp'

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