Update EKS documentation for Auto Mode, Capabilities, and Atmos Auth#901
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Update EKS documentation for Auto Mode, Capabilities, and Atmos Auth#901
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What
Update EKS documentation to reflect the migration to EKS Auto Mode, as introduced by refarch-scaffold PR #897.
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eks/karpentercontroller,eks/alb-controller, andeks/alb-controller-ingress-groupreferences; describes Auto Mode managed compute/networking/storage; addseks/ingress-classas replacement; adds migration callout with component mapping tableatmos auth exec --identity plat-dev/terraform -- kubectlexamples to the login docsingressClassName: alb, updated group names, annotation reference table)alb-controller-ingress-groupquestionexamples/snippets/stacks/catalog/iam-role/example-app.yamlthat was causing build failureComponents Removed from Docs
eks/karpenter(controller)eks/alb-controllereks/alb-controller-ingress-groupeks/ingress-classWhy
EKS Auto Mode simplifies cluster operations by letting AWS manage node groups, kube-proxy, coredns, vpc-cni, and ebs-csi-driver automatically. The documentation must reflect this architectural shift so users follow the correct setup path.
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