Bug 1853915

I can reproduce this issue by using the module "community.kubernetes.k8s" and base image: "registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0", details as follows:

1, Create an Ansible project, and write a playbook that utilizes the k8s module with the 'apply' option:
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# cat roles/foo/tasks/main.yml
---
# tasks file for foo
- name: set test namespace to "{{ state }}"
  community.kubernetes.k8s:
    api_version: v1
    kind: Namespace
    state: "{{ state }}"
    name: test
    apply: yes

2, Build a container image based on openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# cat build/Dockerfile 
FROM registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0

COPY requirements.yml ${HOME}/requirements.yml
RUN ansible-galaxy collection install -r ${HOME}/requirements.yml \
 && chmod -R ug+rwx ${HOME}/.ansible

COPY watches.yaml ${HOME}/watches.yaml

COPY roles/ ${HOME}/roles/

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# operator-sdk build quay.io/olmqe/foo-operator:bug-ansible  --verbose
DEBU[0000] Debug logging is set                         
INFO[0000] Building OCI image quay.io/olmqe/foo-operator:bug-ansible 
DEBU[0000] Running []string{"docker", "build", "-f", "build/Dockerfile", "-t", "quay.io/olmqe/foo-operator:bug-ansible", "."} 
Sending build context to Docker daemon  52.74kB
Step 1/5 : FROM registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0
 ---> c53cfde428cd
Step 2/5 : COPY requirements.yml ${HOME}/requirements.yml
 ---> 281ae0c325ff
...
Successfully tagged quay.io/olmqe/foo-operator:bug-ansible
INFO[0003] Operator build complete. 
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# docker push quay.io/olmqe/foo-operator:bug-ansible
The push refers to repository [quay.io/olmqe/foo-operator]
c6c55aa6e3c6: Pushed 
...
bug-ansible: digest: sha256:8d3de5992ee22827b711076f9e6bdea59aa5be2957a2c1839f511636f916efee size: 2202

3, Deploy the operator on an openshift cluster
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc project default
Now using project "default" on server "https://api.zzhao46n.qe.devcluster.openshift.com:6443".

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/crds/foo.example.com_foos_crd.yaml 
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/foos.foo.example.com created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/service_account.yaml 
serviceaccount/foo-operator created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/role.yaml 
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/foo-operator created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/role_binding.yaml 
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/foo-operator created

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/operator.yaml 
deployment.apps/foo-operator created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc get pods
NAME                            READY   STATUS              RESTARTS   AGE
foo-operator-6d8db94b8d-mb9xz   0/1     ContainerCreating   0          5s

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc get pods
NAME                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
foo-operator-6d8db94b8d-mb9xz   1/1     Running   0          58s

4, Deploy the CR. And, check the operator logs.
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/crds/foo.example.com_v1alpha1_foo_cr.yaml 
foo.foo.example.com/example-foo created

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc get foo
NAME          AGE
example-foo   18s

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc logs foo-operator-6d8db94b8d-mb9xz 
...

--------------------------- Ansible Task StdOut -------------------------------

 TASK [set test namespace to "present"] ******************************** 
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (openshift >= 0.9.2) on foo-operator-6d8db94b8d-mb9xz's Python /usr/bin/python2. This is required for apply. Please read module documentation and install in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter"}

[root@preserve-olm-env example-inc]# operator-sdk version
operator-sdk version: "v0.17.2", commit: "0258db0119e8e18e15d035532427c329fce1e871", kubernetes version: "unknown", go version: "go1.13.10 linux/amd64"

Version:
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# operator-sdk version
operator-sdk version: "v0.17.2", commit: "0258db0119e8e18e15d035532427c329fce1e871", kubernetes version: "unknown", go version: "go1.13.10 linux/amd64"
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc get clusterversion
NAME      VERSION                             AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.5.0-0.nightly-2020-08-22-015330   True        False         44m     Cluster version is 4.5.0-0.nightly-2020-08-22-015330

Steps to test:
1, Create an Ansible project.
[root@preserve-olm-env 0.17.2]# operator-sdk new foo-operator --type=ansible --api-version=foo.example.com/v1alpha1 --kind=Foo
INFO[0000] Creating new Ansible operator 'foo-operator'. 
INFO[0000] Created deploy/service_account.yaml          
INFO[0000] Created deploy/role.yaml
...

2, Write a playbook that utilizes the k8s module with the 'apply' option:
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# cat roles/foo/tasks/main.yml
---
# tasks file for foo
- name: set test namespace to "{{ state }}"
  community.kubernetes.k8s:
    api_version: v1
    kind: Namespace
    state: "{{ state }}"
    name: test
    apply: yes

3, Build a container image based on openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# cat build/Dockerfile 
FROM registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0

COPY requirements.yml ${HOME}/requirements.yml
RUN ansible-galaxy collection install -r ${HOME}/requirements.yml \
 && chmod -R ug+rwx ${HOME}/.ansible

COPY watches.yaml ${HOME}/watches.yaml

COPY roles/ ${HOME}/roles/

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# operator-sdk build quay.io/yuhui12/foo-operator:bug-ansible  --verbose
DEBU[0000] Debug logging is set                         
INFO[0000] Building OCI image quay.io/yuhui12/foo-operator:bug-ansible 
DEBU[0000] Running []string{"docker", "build", "-f", "build/Dockerfile", "-t", "quay.io/yuhui12/foo-operator:bug-ansible", "."} 
Sending build context to Docker daemon  51.71kB
Step 1/5 : FROM registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0
 ---> d6513b64f5f5
...
Successfully built 1f52fe1015b3
Successfully tagged quay.io/yuhui12/foo-operator:bug-ansible
INFO[0001] Operator build complete.
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# docker push quay.io/yuhui12/foo-operator:bug-ansible
The push refers to repository [quay.io/yuhui12/foo-operator]
... 
2acea37b6b28: Pushed 
bug-ansible: digest: sha256:26a9380ddbe1e573039eb880183c35d14db5fb4be0a4bbbab71356b1b36784d2 size: 2202

4, Deploy the operator on an openshift cluster
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc project default
Now using project "default" on server "https://api.ci-ln-n856w2t-d5d6b.origin-ci-int-aws.dev.rhcloud.com:6443".

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/crds/foo.example.com_foos_crd.yaml 
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/foos.foo.example.com created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/service_account.yaml 
serviceaccount/foo-operator created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/role.yaml 
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/foo-operator created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/role_binding.yaml 
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/foo-operator created

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/operator.yaml 
deployment.apps/foo-operator created
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc get pods
NAME                            READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
foo-operator-5f7c86b49f-zdmmz   1/1     Running   0          17m

5, Deploy the CR. And, check the operator logs.
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc create -f deploy/crds/foo.example.com_v1alpha1_foo_cr.yaml 
foo.foo.example.com/example-foo created

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc get foo
NAME          AGE
example-foo   17m

[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]# oc logs foo-operator-5f7c86b49f-zdmmz |grep import
[root@preserve-olm-env foo-operator]#

No such errors like "Failed to import the required Python library (openshift >= 0.9.2) on foo-operator-6d8db94b8d-mb9xz's Python /usr/bin/python2. This is required for apply. Please read module documentation and install in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter".

Verify the bug using 4.5.0 ansible operator image.

[root@preserve-olm-env ~]# docker run -it --entrypoint=/bin/bash  registry-proxy.engineering.redhat.com/rh-osbs/openshift-ose-ansible-operator:v4.5.0
bash-4.2$ rpm -qa | grep kubernetes
python2-kubernetes-11.0.0-1.el7.noarch
bash-4.2$ rpm -qa | grep openshift
python2-openshift-0.11.2-1.el7.noarch

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 GA Images), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:4196