+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #2026693 +++

Description of problem: 

Migration Controller pod goes to “CrashLoopBackoff” when invalid route is entered from the “Expose route host to image registry” 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

MTC 1.5.2
SOURCE CLUSTER: AWS 3.11 MTC 1.5.2
TARGET CLUSTER: AWS 4.5 MTC 1.5.2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to reproduce:

1. Login to the MTC UI and Go to the “Clusters” page.
2. Edit the source-cluster and provide any random value to “Expose route host to image registry”. For Ex: docker-registry-abc.com 
3. Click on “Update Cluster”
4. Login to the target cluster and check the migration-controller pod

Actual result:


It goes to “CrashLoopBackOff” state


Expected result:

It should not crash and properly validate the registry route


Additional Info:

{"level":"info","ts":1637847331.6560373,"logger":"cluster","msg":"CR","migCluster":"host","conditions":{"conditions":[{"type":"Ready","status":"True","category":"Required","message":"The cluster is ready.","lastTransitionTime":"2021-11-25T10:09:27Z"}]}}
{"level":"info","ts":1637847331.9475632,"logger":"cluster","msg":"CR","migCluster":"source-cluster","conditions":{"conditions":[{"type":"Ready","status":"True","category":"Required","message":"The cluster is ready.","lastTransitionTime":"2021-11-25T10:11:57Z"}]}}
E1125 13:35:31.947725       1 runtime.go:78] Observed a panic: "invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" (runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference)
goroutine 579 [running]:
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime.logPanic(0x231a3a0, 0x3b945a0)
	/remote-source/app/vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go:74 +0x95
k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime.HandleCrash(0x0, 0x0, 0x0)