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Doc changes: add helm flags when installing aws load balancer controllerm on managed node group to avoid IMDS denied error #1113

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managed node group also needs "region" and "vpcId"
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managed node group also needs "region" and "vpcId" flags
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. Install the {aws} Load Balancer Controller.
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If you're deploying the controller to Amazon EC2 nodes that have https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/security/docs/iam/#restrict-access-to-the-instance-profile-assigned-to-the-worker-node[restricted access to the Amazon EC2 instance metadata service (IMDS)], or if you're deploying to Fargate or Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes, then add the following flags to the `helm` command that follows:
If you're deploying the controller to Amazon EC2 nodes that have https://aws.github.io/aws-eks-best-practices/security/docs/iam/#restrict-access-to-the-instance-profile-assigned-to-the-worker-node[restricted access to the Amazon EC2 instance metadata service (IMDS)], then add the following flags to the `helm` command:
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*** `--set region=[.replaceable]``region-code```
*** `--set vpcId=[.replaceable]``vpc-xxxxxxxx```
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