CI Failure (key symptom) in FeaturesUpgradeActivationTest.test_new_cluster_only_activation

[vbotbuildovich]

https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/15928
https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/15928

Module: rptest.tests.cluster_features_test
Class: FeaturesUpgradeActivationTest
Method: test_new_cluster_only_activation
Arguments: {
    "upgrade": false
}

test_id:    FeaturesUpgradeActivationTest.test_new_cluster_only_activation
status:     FAIL
run time:   4.524 seconds

RemoteCommandError({'ssh_config': {'host': 'ip-172-31-9-220', 'hostname': '172.31.9.220', 'user': 'root', 'port': 22, 'password': None, 'identityfile': '/home/ubuntu/.ssh/id_rsa'}, 'hostname': 'ip-172-31-9-220', 'ssh_hostname': '172.31.9.220', 'user': 'root', 'externally_routable_ip': '34.215.120.174', '_logger': <Logger rptest.tests.cluster_features_test.FeaturesUpgradeActivationTest.test_new_cluster_only_activation.upgrade=False-22 (DEBUG)>, 'os': 'linux', '_ssh_client': <paramiko.client.SSHClient object at 0x7faf0e798c10>, '_sftp_client': <paramiko.sftp_client.SFTPClient object at 0x7faf198c4f40>, '_custom_ssh_exception_checks': None}, 'host ip-172-31-9-220.us-west-2.compute.internal', 127, b'')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/.ducktape-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ducktape/tests/runner_client.py", line 184, in _do_run
    data = self.run_test()
  File "/opt/.ducktape-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ducktape/tests/runner_client.py", line 276, in run_test
    return self.test_context.function(self.test)
  File "/opt/.ducktape-venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ducktape/mark/_mark.py", line 535, in wrapper
    return functools.partial(f, *args, **kwargs)(*w_args, **w_kwargs)
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/cluster.py", line 105, in wrapped
    r = f(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/tests/cluster_features_test.py", line 567, in test_new_cluster_only_activation
    self.redpanda.start()
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py", line 2719, in start
    self.for_nodes(to_start, start_one)
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py", line 1489, in for_nodes
    return list(executor.map(cb, nodes))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 621, in result_iterator
    yield _result_or_cancel(fs.pop())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 319, in _result_or_cancel
    return fut.result(timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 458, in result
    return self.__get_result()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/_base.py", line 403, in __get_result
    raise self._exception
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 58, in run
    result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py", line 2711, in start_one
    self.start_node(node,
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py", line 3021, in start_node
    self.write_node_conf_file(
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py", line 3947, in write_node_conf_file
    fqdn = self.get_node_fqdn(node)
  File "/home/ubuntu/redpanda/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py", line 3883, in get_node_fqdn
    fqdn = node.account.ssh_output(
ducktape.cluster.remoteaccount.RemoteCommandError: root@ip-172-31-9-220: Command 'host ip-172-31-9-220.us-west-2.compute.internal' returned non-zero exit status 127.

JIRA Link: CORE-5791

[rpdevmp]

Duplicate of #21624
That GH issue has all the details of many tests failing, and what are the steps to avoid similar cases in the future, where many issues got opened based on similar infra issues

[vbotbuildovich]

*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/15980
*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/15980
*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/16003
*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/16003
*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/16016
*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/16016

[vbotbuildovich]

*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/16030
*https://buildkite.com/redpanda/vtools/builds/16030

[rpdevmp]

Duplicate of #21624
That GH issue has all the details of many tests failing, and what are the steps to avoid similar cases in the future, where many CI failures got opened based on similar infra errors.
Updating Github automatically and AWS with FIPS run should be fixed by https://github.com/redpanda-data/vtools/pull/3018