There are several workarounds. Adding a module by S2I build instead of a custom module path as explained in the document 9.13.1.1. Custom Modules Excluding bash variables in JBOSS_MODULEPATH like JBOSS_MODULEPATH=/opt/jboss/modules:/home/jboss Set environment variable CONFIG_IS_FINAL=true to prevent calling jboss-cli.sh in EAP container startup scripts.

$ oc new-project test $ oc new-app --template eap73-basic-s2i -p APPLICATION_NAME=helloworld -p SOURCE_REPOSITORY_URL= https://github.com/jboss-developer/jboss-eap-quickstarts.git -p CONTEXT_DIR=helloworld -p SOURCE_REPOSITORY_REF=openshift $ oc set env dc/helloworld JBOSS_MODULEPATH=${JBOSS_HOME}/modules:${HOME} $ oc logs -f helloworld-3-mvv5z INFO Configuring JGroups cluster traffic encryption protocol to SYM_ENCRYPT. WARN Detected missing JGroups encryption configuration, the communication within the cluster WILL NOT be encrypted. INFO Configuring JGroups discovery protocol to dns.DNS_PING INFO Using PicketBox SSL configuration. INFO Access log is disabled, ignoring configuration. WARN Configuration of an embedded messaging broker within the appserver is enabled but is not recommended. Support for such a configuration will be removed in a future release. WARN If you are not configuring messaging destinations, to disable configuring an embedded messaging broker set the DISABLE_EMBEDDED_JMS_BROKER environment variable to true. INFO Configuring the server using embedded server INFO Duration: 347 milliseconds ERROR Error applying /tmp/cli-configuration-script-1594252654.cli CLI script. org.jboss.modules.ModuleNotFoundException: org.jboss.as.cli at org.jboss.modules.ModuleLoader.loadModule(ModuleLoader.java:297) at org.jboss.modules.Main.main(Main.java:371)