Description of problem (please be detailed as possible and provide log
snippests):

noobaa-operator pod in CLBO state on 2 newly installed clusters.
This is a standalone MCG deployment for use with QUAY

Reference:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_quay/3.7/html/deploy_red_hat_quay_on_openshift_with_the_quay_operator/operator-preconfigure#create_a_standalone_object_gateway

the noobaa-operator log says :

Observed a panic: "invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" (runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference)

Version of all relevant components (if applicable):
ODF 4.12