[8.16](backport #41289) Only watch metadata for ReplicaSets in metricbeat k8s module #41322
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Proposed commit message
Use metadata watchers for ReplicaSets in the metricbeats Kubernetes module. This is a similar change to #41100, with two major differences:
TypeMeta
present. The informer doesn't set this, so we need to do it ourselves.A decent chunk of the changes is just passing around a metadata-only k8s client.
For more details see elastic/elastic-agent#5623.
Checklist
CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
orCHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
.How to test this PR locally
You need a full K8s cluster, unfortunately. I've tested it using the default elastic-agent standalone manifest, by building a custom container image and loading it into a local kind cluster.
Related issues
This is an automatic backport of pull request #41289 done by [Mergify](https://mergify.com).