[EKS] [request]: Support building automated EKS AMIs with EC2 Image Builder

[stevehipwell]

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Tell us about your request I'd like to be able build EKS AMIs based on the EKS optimised AMI or Bottlerocket using the SSM parameters describing the latest version available. There is already aws/ec2-image-builder-roadmap#67 opened for this but it doesn't look like it's been prioritised.

Which service(s) is this request for? EKS

Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard? I need to create an AMI based on the EKS optimised AMI with FIPS enabled whenever the base AMI is updated.

Are you currently working around this issue? Manually changing the configuration.

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[stevehipwell]

Having https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-eks-ami/issues/1002 implemented would mitigate the need for this for most use cases (assuming Bottlerocket take the same approach after https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/issues/1667 is completed).