Removed controller session cookie age setting

In AAP 2.5, the session age cookie is now managed in the gateway instead
of the controller.  Will need to be added back once we start adding in
separate gateway configuration as code.

cloud/create_vpc.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 - name: Create Cloud Infra
   hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: false
+
   vars:
     aws_vpc_name: aws-test-vpc
     aws_owner_tag: default
@@ -13,6 +14,27 @@
     aws_subnet_name: aws-test-subnet
     aws_rt_name: aws-test-rt
 
+    # map of availability zones to use per region, added since not all
+    # instance types are available in all AZs.  must match the drop-down
+    # list for the create_vm_aws_region variable described in cloud/setup.yml
+    _azs:
+      us-east-1:
+        - us-east-1a
+        - us-east-1b
+        - us-east-1c
+      us-east-2:
+        - us-east-2a
+        - us-east-2b
+        - us-east-2c
+      us-west-1:
+        # us-west-1a not available when last checked 20250218
+        - us-west-1b
+        - us-west-1c
+      us-west-2:
+        - us-west-2a
+        - us-west-2b
+        - us-west-2c
+
   tasks:
     - name: Create VPC
       amazon.aws.ec2_vpc_net:
@@ -95,12 +117,13 @@
           owner: "{{ aws_owner_tag }}"
           purpose: "{{ aws_purpose_tag }}"
 
-    - name: Create a subnet on the VPC
+    - name: Create a subnet in the VPC
       amazon.aws.ec2_vpc_subnet:
         state: present
         vpc_id: "{{ aws_vpc.vpc.id }}"
         cidr: "{{ aws_subnet_cidr }}"
         region: "{{ create_vm_aws_region }}"
+        az: "{{ _azs[create_vm_aws_region] | shuffle | first }}"
         map_public: true
         tags:
           Name: "{{ aws_subnet_name }}"

common/setup.yml

@@ -285,6 +285,4 @@ controller_notifications:
       http_method: POST
       headers: {}
 
-controller_settings:
-  - name: SESSION_COOKIE_AGE
-    value: 180000
+...

linux/patching.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.yum:
         name: yum-utils
         state: installed
+      check_mode: false
 
     - name: Include patching role
       ansible.builtin.include_role: