Provisioning: Python 2 fails with pip certificate issues RHEL 7.6 in lts-5.15

DEBUG:
+ python --version
Python 2.7.5
+ pip --version
pip 8.1.2 from /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7)
+ pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6)
+ sudo pip install --upgrade 'pip < 21.0'
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:618) - skipping
Requirement already up-to-date: pip<21.0 in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
+ sudo pip install virtualenv wheel
Collecting virtualenv
  Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/virtualenv/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:618) - skipping
  Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement virtualenv (from versions: )
No matching distribution found for virtualenv
agent:2024/09/13 18:31:35 build.go:755: Executing scheduled instruction 1 of 1 - Upload all core dumps if there are some
agent:2024/09/13 18:31:35 build.go:652: Skip uploading core files because CORE_FILES_PATH is not set in the environment
agent:2024/09/13 18:31:35 build.go:763: 
agent:2024/09/13 18:31:35 agent.go:387: Provision failed
agent:2024/09/13 18:31:35 agent.go:248: ERROR building: Provisioning failed: Error running bash scripts: Error running /bin/bash /tmp/provisioning-3167540971/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-RHEL-7.6-x86_64/04-install-packages.sh: exit status 1
INFO:workitem.py:691(50214): Agent FINISHED FAIL: : provisioning/qtci-linux-RHEL-7.6-x86_64-0a731e/Provision