Sync of Red Hat channels fails with "Cannot access repository. Maybe repository GPG keys are not imported"

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Environment

SUSE Manager 4.1 Server

Situation

Sync of Red Hat channels into SUSE Manager Server fails, when trying to run manually

/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync --channel rhel7-pool-x86_64 --type yum

with following error message:

15:50:18 ======================================
15:50:18 | Channel: rhel7-pool-x86_64
15:50:18 ======================================
15:50:18 Sync of channel started.
Retrieving repository 'rhel7-pool-x86_64' metadata ........................................................................................................................[error]
Repository 'rhel7-pool-x86_64' is invalid.
[rhel7-pool-x86_64|http://localhost/pub/repositories/empty/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL
History:
 - [|] Error trying to read from 'http://localhost/pub/repositories/empty/'
 - Permission to access 'http://localhost/pub/repositories/empty/content' denied.

Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'rhel7-pool-x86_64' because of the above error.
Could not refresh the repositories because of errors.
15:50:20 RepoMDError: Cannot access repository. Maybe repository GPG keys are not imported
15:50:20 Total time: 0:00:01

Resolution

In case that such error occurs this is an issue with the certificates (which needs to be addressed to Red Hat) which keep SUSE Manager Server from talking to Red Hat CDN.

Cause

It is an upstream issue with Red Hat reissuing the certificates to the customers. This invalidated the previous
certificates used. If it continues to happen it is recommended to contact Red Hat and discuss why the certificates are getting invalidated.

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