diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/.tf-control b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/.tf-control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..280f449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/.tf-control
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# .tf-control
+# allows for setting a specific command to be used for tf-* commands under this git repo
+# see tf-control.sh help for more info
+
+TFCONTROL_VERSION="1.0.5"
+
+TFCOMMAND="terraform_latest"
+# TF_CLI_CONFIG_FILE=PATH-TO-FILE/.tf-control.tfrc
+# TFARGS=""
+# TFNOLOG=""
+# TFNOCOLOR=""
+
+# use the following to force a specific version.  An upgrade of an existing 0.12.31 to 1.x
+# needs you to cycle through 0.13.17, 0.14.11, and then latest (0.15.5 not needed).  Other
+# steps in between.  See https://github.e.it.census.gov/terraform/support/tree/master/docs/how-to/terraform-upgrade for details
+#
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.12.31"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.13.7"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.14.11"
+#TFCOMMAND="terraform_0.15.5"
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/.tf-control.tfrc b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/.tf-control.tfrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7425488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/.tf-control.tfrc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+TFCONTROL_VERSION="1.0.5"
+
+# https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/config/config-file.html
+plugin_cache_dir   = "/data/terraform/terraform.d/plugin-cache"
+#disable_checkpoint = true
+
+provider_installation {
+#  filesystem_mirror {
+#    path    = "/apps/terraform/terraform.d/providers"
+#    include = [ "*/*/*" ]
+#  }
+  filesystem_mirror {
+    path    = "/data/terraform/terraform.d/providers"
+    include = [ "*/*/*" ]
+  }
+#  filesystem_mirror {
+#    path    = "/apps/terraform/terraform.d/providers"
+#    include = [ "external.terraform.census.gov/*/*" ]
+#  }
+  direct {
+    include = [ "*/*/*" ]
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf
similarity index 61%
rename from examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler.tf
rename to examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf
index ff82766..d171d53 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf
@@ -28,21 +28,39 @@ module "role_cluster-autoscaler" {
   )
 }
 
+locals {
+  cluster_autoscaler_image_output = { for k, v in module.images_cluster_autoscaler.images : v.name => v }
+}
+
+module "images_cluster_autoscaler" {
+  source = "git@github.e.it.census.gov:terraform-modules/aws-ecr-copy-images.git?ref=tf-upgrade"
+
+  profile          = var.profile
+  application_list = []
+  application_name = format("eks/%v", var.cluster_name)
+  image_config     = [for k, v in var.cluster_autoscaler_images : v if v.enabled]
+  tags = merge(
+    local.base_tags,
+    local.common_tags,
+    var.application_tags,
+  )
+}
+
 resource "helm_release" "cluster-autoscaler" {
   chart      = "cluster-autoscaler"
   name       = "cluster-autoscaler"
   namespace  = "kube-system"
-  repository = local.charts["cluster-autoscaler"].use_remote ? local.charts["cluster-autoscaler"].repository : "${path.module}/charts"
-  version    = local.charts["cluster-autoscaler"].use_remote ? local.charts["cluster-autoscaler"].version : null
+  repository = var.cluster_autoscaler_charts["cluster-autoscaler"].use_remote ? var.cluster_autoscaler_charts["cluster-autoscaler"].repository : "${path.module}/charts"
+  version    = var.cluster_autoscaler_charts["cluster-autoscaler"].use_remote ? var.cluster_autoscaler_charts["cluster-autoscaler"].version : null
 
-  depends_on = [module.images]
+  depends_on = [module.images_cluster_autoscaler]
   set {
     name  = "image.repository"
-    value = split(":", local.image_output["cluster-autoscaler"].dest_full_path)[0]
+    value = split(":", local.cluster_autoscaler_image_output["cluster-autoscaler"].dest_full_path)[0]
   }
   set {
     name  = "image.tag"
-    value = local.image_output["cluster-autoscaler"].tag
+    value = local.cluster_autoscaler_image_output["cluster-autoscaler"].tag
   }
   set {
     name  = "autoDiscovery.clusterName"
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/locals.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/locals.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b9ae5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/locals.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+locals {
+  base_tags = {
+    "eks-cluster-name"      = var.cluster_name
+    "boc:tf_module_version" = local._module_version
+    "boc:created_by"        = "terraform"
+  }
+}
+
+# replace TF remote state accordingly in parent_rs with that from the parent directory, and be sure to make the link
+locals {
+  vpc_id               = local.parent_rs.cluster_vpc_id
+  subnet_ids           = local.parent_rs.cluster_subnet_ids
+  cluster_worker_sg_id = local.parent_rs.cluster_worker_sg_id
+
+  oidc_provider_url = local.parent_rs.oidc_provider_url
+  oidc_provider_arn = local.parent_rs.oidc_provider_arn
+}
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/region.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/region.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f617506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/region.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+locals {
+  region = var.region
+}
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/test-cluster-autoscaling.json b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/test-cluster-autoscaling.json
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/test-cluster-autoscaling.json
rename to examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/test-cluster-autoscaling.json
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/tf-run.data b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/tf-run.data
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db70b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/tf-run.data
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+VERSION 1.4.2
+REMOTE-STATE
+COMMAND tf-directory-setup.py -l none -f
+COMMAND setup-new-directory.sh
+
+LINKTOP init
+LINKTOP includes.d/variables.account_tags.tf
+LINKTOP includes.d/variables.account_tags.auto.tfvars
+LINKTOP includes.d/variables.infrastructure_tags.tf
+LINKTOP includes.d/variables.infrastructure_tags.auto.tfvars
+LINKTOP includes.d/variables.application_tags.tf
+# LINKTOP includes.d/variables.application_tags.auto.tfvars
+LINK variables.application_tags.auto.tfvars
+LINKTOP provider_configs.d/provider.ldap_new.auto.tfvars
+LINKTOP provider_configs.d/provider.ldap_new.tf
+LINKTOP provider_configs.d/provider.ldap_new.variables.tf
+LINK settings.auto.tfvars
+LINK includes.d/parent_rs.tf
+LINK includes.d/data.eks-subdirectory.tf
+LINK includes.d/kubeconfig.eks-subdirectory.tf
+LINK variables.eks.tf
+LINK prefixes.tf
+LINK providers.tf
+LINK variables.addons.tf
+LINK versions.tf
+LINK version.tf
+LINK variables.vpc.tf
+LINK variables.vpc.auto.tfvars
+COMMAND tf-init 
+
+ALL
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/tf-run.destroy.data b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/tf-run.destroy.data
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a82c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/tf-run.destroy.data
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+VERSION 1.0.1
+BACKUP-STATE
+COMMAND tf-init
+COMMAND tf-state list
+
+ALL
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/variables.cluster-autoscaler.auto.tfvars b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/variables.cluster-autoscaler.auto.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad2c35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/variables.cluster-autoscaler.auto.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+cluster_autoscaler_charts = {
+  "cluster-autoscaler" = {
+    name       = "cluster-autoscaler"
+    repository = "https://kubernetes.github.io/autoscaler"
+    version    = "9.29.3"
+    use_remote = true
+  }
+}
+
+cluster_autoscaler_images = {
+  "cluster-autoscaler" = {
+    name            = "cluster-autoscaler"
+    image           = "registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler"
+    dest_path       = null
+    source_registry = "registry.k8s.io"
+    source_image    = "autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler"
+    source_tag      = null
+    #    tag             = "v1.27.3"
+    tag     = "v1.28.0"
+    enabled = true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/variables.cluster-autoscaler.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/variables.cluster-autoscaler.tf
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/variables.cluster-autoscaler.tf
rename to examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/variables.cluster-autoscaler.tf
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/variables.images.auto.tfvars b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/variables.images.auto.tfvars
index ae75fa0..69ce3d1 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/variables.images.auto.tfvars
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/common-services/variables.images.auto.tfvars
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ chart_details = {
     version    = "6.2.6"
     use_remote = true
   }
-  "cluster-autoscaler" = {
-    name       = "cluster-autoscaler"
-    repository = "https://kubernetes.github.io/autoscaler"
-    version    = "9.29.3"
-    use_remote = true
-  }
 }
 
 image_details = {
@@ -60,17 +54,6 @@ image_details = {
     tag             = "v1.12.3"
     enabled         = true
   }
-  "cluster-autoscaler" = {
-    name            = "cluster-autoscaler"
-    image           = "registry.k8s.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler"
-    dest_path       = null
-    source_registry = "registry.k8s.io"
-    source_image    = "autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler"
-    source_tag      = null
-    #    tag             = "v1.27.3"
-    tag     = "v1.28.0"
-    enabled = true
-  }
   "metrics-server" = {
     name            = "metrics-server"
     image           = "docker.io/bitnami/metrics-server"