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While upgrading my Foreman+Katello Server to the latest version , I've encountered the following issue: [archy@katello01 ~]$ sudo foreman-installer --scenario katello 2025-04-20 11:25:08 [NOTICE] [root] Loading installer configuration. This will take some time. 2025-04-20 11:25:12 [NOTICE] [root] Running installer with log based terminal output at level NOTICE. 2025-04-20 11:25:12 [NOTICE] [root] Use -l to set the terminal output log level to ERROR, WARN, NOTICE, INFO, or DEBUG. See --full-help for definitions. 2025-04-20 11:25:14 [NOTICE] [checks] System checks passed 2025-04-20 11:25:21 [NOTICE] [pre] The Foreman database foreman does not exist. 2025-04-20 11:25:21 [NOTICE] [configure] Starting system configuration. 2025-04-20 11:25:31 [NOTICE] [configure] 250 configuration steps out of 1939 steps complete. 2025-04-20 11:25:34 [NOTICE] [configure] 500 configuration steps out of 1940 steps complete. 2025-04-20 11:25:42 [NOTICE] [configure] 1000 configu...

      NOTE: this guide exists for Upgrading from v3.12 to v3.13 as well -->  here With the current version, the  official documentation  is quite good and can be referenced. I would recommend executing all of these commands in a tmux session so that your session will remain on the server in case anything happens to your workstation. Start by checking for running tasks that would prohibit an update: [root@katello01 ~]# foreman-rake katello:upgrade_check Next, update the katello host and reboot if yum tells you to: [root@katello01 ~]# dnf -4 --refresh upgrade [root@katello01 ~]# dnf needs-restarting -r If there were any updates to foreman-related packages, make sure foreman is in a consistent state: [root@katello01 ~]# foreman-maintain service stop [root@katello01 ~]# foreman-installer --scenario katello When the katello services have started again, upgrade the release-rpms: [root@katello01 ~]# dnf -y --refresh upgrade https://yum.theforema...