Deployment documentation updates #7731
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Summary
I took a pass of each of the main installation methods, and performed a dry run on a new EC2 instance for each. I have made some documentation updates. For most of these updates, it's primarily for clarity. I also made some adjustments to split out some things that are repeatedly written between the various deployment methods to be more DRY.
The most major change was the overhaul of the Docker deployment. The current docs "for production use" have the reader deploy Mattermost and its database on the same instance. This isn't the best advice in production. I've split the documentation into 2 paths here - Quick Start (essentially the existing docs), and Production Use (adjustments to only deploy the Mattermost application container, suggesting external hosting for db and storage). These changes require
Ticket Link
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8785
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8848
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8849
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8850
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8851
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8852
https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/CLD-8853