Remove deprecated --pod-infra-container-image flag

[Copilot]

The --pod-infra-container-image flag has been removed from Kubernetes and causes job failures.

Changes

Removed all occurrences of the deprecated flag from:

• examples/out-of-tree/kubelet.manifest - Removed from kubelet command-line arguments
• tests/k8s-azure/manifest/cluster-api/linux-vmss-ci-version.yaml - Removed from Windows node kubeletExtraArgs
• tests/k8s-azure/manifest/cluster-api/linux-vmss-ci-version-oot-credential-provider.yaml - Removed from Windows node kubeletExtraArgs
• tests/k8s-azure/manifest/cluster-api/linux-vmss-multiple-zones-ci-version.yaml - Removed from Windows node kubeletExtraArgs

Example of removed configuration:

kubeletExtraArgs:
  cloud-provider: external
  # Removed: pod-infra-container-image: mcr.microsoft.com/oss/kubernetes/pause:3.4.1

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Remove all occruances of --pod-infra-container-image</issue_title>
<issue_description>

Which jobs are failing:

All check-in jobs.

Which test(s) are failing:

All.

Since when has it been failing:

Testgrid link:

Reason for failure:

--pod-infra-container-image is deprecated and removed. All occurances should be removed from this repo.

Anything else we need to know:

</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Remove all occruances of --pod-infra-container-image #9592

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[nilo19]

/kind failing-test

[nilo19]

related: #9590