Failed to start rpk container

[rockwotj]

Version & Environment

Redpanda version: (use rpk version):

$ rpk --version rpk version v24.1.11 (rev f2bc0d98e2)

$ uname -a Linux fastpanda 6.8.0-38-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Jun 7 15:25:01 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What went wrong?

$ rpk container start
Waiting for the cluster to be ready...

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x10 pc=0x1901037]

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/container.restartCluster({0x29116b8, 0xc000a961a8}, 0x22fcd40, 0xa)
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/builds/buildkite-k8s-builders-i-054ada51002e7e673-1/redpanda/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/container/start.go:498 +0x3d7
github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/container.startCluster({0x29116b8, 0xc000a961a8}, 0x1, 0x22fcd40, 0xa, {0xc00005ad40, _}, {_, _}, 0x0, ...)
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/builds/buildkite-k8s-builders-i-054ada51002e7e673-1/redpanda/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/container/start.go:242 +0x70
github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/container.newStartCommand.func1(0xc00031de00?, {0x3ba7580?, 0x4?, 0x2186aa0?})
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/builds/buildkite-k8s-builders-i-054ada51002e7e673-1/redpanda/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/container/start.go:151 +0x926
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0xc00032bb08, {0x3ba7580, 0x0, 0x0})
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:987 +0xab1
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0xc0006df808)
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:1115 +0x3ff
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.0/command.go:1039
github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli.Execute()
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/builds/buildkite-k8s-builders-i-054ada51002e7e673-1/redpanda/redpanda/src/go/rpk/pkg/cli/root.go:181 +0xd99
main.main()
        /var/lib/buildkite-agent/builds/buildkite-k8s-builders-i-054ada51002e7e673-1/redpanda/redpanda/src/go/rpk/cmd/rpk/main.go:15 +0xf

What should have happened instead?

The container started

How to reproduce the issue?

1. TODO

Additional information

Please attach any relevant logs, backtraces, or metric charts.

JIRA Link: CORE-5768

[rockwotj]

This is a placeholder, I will look into it

[dotnwat]

Should this be created in JIRA?

[rockwotj]

Probably :shame: