In-place update is a capability extension that AKE adds to CAPI. It can update cluster and existing node configurations without rebuilding nodes.
The AKE in-place update manager includes InplaceUpdateMachineGroup and InplaceUpdateMachine Controller, and defines InplaceUpdateMachineGroup CR and InplaceUpdateMachine CR.
The in-place update manager works with CAPI to coordinate configuration synchronization at all levels, ensuring configuration consistency across all dimensions from the management cluster to workload clusters, from clusters to node groups, and then to nodes.