✨ Add AWSManagedPoolTemplate

[k0da]

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What this PR does / why we need it:
This PR adds AWSManagedMachinePoolTemplate support useful to be used in combination with cluster classes.

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Add AWSManagedMachinePoolTemplate support, to be usable with ClusterClasses

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[richardcase]

/ok-to-test

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Suggested change

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Suggested change

	Template *AWSManagedMachinePool `json:"template"`
	Template AWSManagedMachinePoolTemplateResource `json:"template"`

[richardcase]

You'll also need to add AWSManagedMachinePoolTemplateResource which will be something like:

type AWSManagedMachinePoolTemplateResource struct {
	// Standard object's metadata.
	// More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
	// +optional
	ObjectMeta clusterv1.ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty,omitzero"`

	Spec AWSManagedMachinePoolSpec `json:"spec"`
}

[richardcase]

These will need to be changed to validate against AWSManagedMachinePoolSpec. See later comment for the context.

[k0da]

@richardcase thanks for review. Addresses all you review points, could you please recheck? Thank you